My personal opinion, I always love new eye candy. There is a whole new challenge of seeing targets from high altitude though. I've got a pretty high end system but can hardly see things like ord bunkers from high alt. I'm sure eventually we will learn where they are at and still be able to drop them pretty accurately. I don't think there is any need to panic about the downfall of the game, yet, not until we give this time to settle out. I laugh at some people's posts only hours after the update calling for changes to make capturing town easier. It's very complex now but soon people will know where every building is and will make sure to check them (remember the tiny churches?).
Hopefully as people and squads develop new strategies for capturing fields, squads like the 91st will play a pivotal role. Whether that be dropping hangers at a field because the ack is crazy and they won't be able to get a cap of field; or carpet bombing town so fighters can just clean up the outskirts of town.
My fear is that people will slowly stop caring about base-takes, because they are so difficult. The game will turn into a couple fur-balls across the map. The 91st won't serve much purpose then, and the fur-ball mentality won't bring anyone up to challenge our runs (no fun for us). Bombing fields will just "kill the fight" and bring on the whines of an entire country (kind of fun for us...). Strat has not been a viable bomber target since the big cities anyway. Will bombers run out of things to bomb? Even if we do hit town, will we get enough support to come in and clean up? I think base-capturing is still going to happen, but more often during the wee hours of the morning when a few guys in tanks get no resistance. No plane is going to carry enough ammo to do significant damage to town, but a tank with a few boxes of supplies and plenty of time will have no problem.
But, I know HiTech is aware that strategic goals like capturing a base is what spurs on combat. So I have faith that this system will eventually pan out and we will find our place. I'm just not sure what that place is yet.
