Hi, Karnak.
I am seriously considering whether I should open a subscription and return to the skies of the MA... or not.
Although I admit, I am a little disappointed at the apparent stagnation of the status of AH.
To tell you the truth, the recent open beta of "War Thunder", rekindled my old love for WW2 aircombat simulation genre... the game itself is casual and arcade at best, but it does look beautiful... and is also a MMO... it did make me miss AH2, and I thought, "if only AH had developed to this level of graphics and simple interface...". Yeah.. I know they are a small, skeleton crew company, and I know how all the boys like 'slow and steady' here... but I'm a bit worried perhaps HTC's lagging behind the curve.
Apparently, plane/vehicles/boats all seem to be the same... as well as MA gameplay style... and ofcourse, the level of aesthetics...
Is there something significantly different with the latest incarnation of AH2 that I might have missed??
(ps) What I worry most, is that many recent developers are trying to do something which AH has been the sole provider for such a long time. The more-or-less success of World of Tanks, and their expansion into a more full-time WW2 environment into the World of Planes... they openly announced that they are adding in the ground and naval war aspect... and from what I've seen, it might be a lot more worthy than what Cornered Rat tried to do a few years back, with their fuddled WW2 Online attempt.
Our obsession for realism is quickly becoming something only we understand... and I fear HTC might not be able to survive as a company that needs profits, with only us to sustain them.