Just to let you know, I was A Rook when ah1 closed, my old feeble CPU couldnt handle ah2 and after 3 months of trying to make it work, I brokedown & got a new system. I kept my account open all the while.
When I came back to AH2, I played quite a bit for 2 days TRYING to shake off my 3 months of rust, but there were SO many more rooks than NME I often had to RACE 4 or 5 countrymen to the closest con. Or even worse, de-wing a pony at 20k & let him flop down cause yak ammo is real light, then see 4 guys BLAST him even though its OBVIOUS he can no longer fly not to mention fight. 2 Days of watching rooks numbers total more than knits & bish combined was all it took for me to switch countries.
Unfortunately I was a minority. All to many rooks were content to horde base after base. Content to IN on that con that ALREADY HAD 5 GUYS ON HIM! . Posts were made, as were just as many excuses to try to justify the right to stay with the horde.
Finally, Id like to say that with or without this change, its still the best game available. If you can't adapt to not having numbers & EZ mode planes at the SAME time, then hopefully this is not the game for you.
Anton