It's healthy that everyone has strong opinions about this game. This is the very reason the game is one of the best available. We play our differences in the arenas good and bad. It makes the game worth coming back to.
My CO Nomde hates the new change. But last night he went along with us and BlueKitty posted a 56th mission for bombers, jabos, and fighter cover. We rolled 3 bases in a row. HiTech served us lemons, 56th made damned good lemonaid. Everyone who joined had a great time. We also had excellent support from GV's following the "Blue Brick Road". Total combined effort against strategic targets.
You may no longer be able to sneak feilds, but we could have used NOE sneaks to all the defenders airfeilds within one sector to kill fighter hangers and vehical hangers. I seem to remember WW2 it was SOP to send medium bombers and jabo ahead of raids to suppres enemy assets near the targets.
Is there any chance we can get 11 more pages to this thread about how to make the best, or at the least how to take advantage of this new arena style? I cannot beleive a bunch of grown men lack the imagination or wearwithal to dominate anything HiTech throws at them by this point in their obvious and talented careers as AH Uber Players.