I quit playing this game regularly in the spring of 2010. Since then, I have hopped on from time to time to get the updates, check in on everyone, and just to play a game I thoroughly enjoyed. I have been back to the game playing pretty much every day for a solid month now, and I have noticed the game is the same as I left it, although worse in some cases. It seems nowadays that the norm is to either horde or be horded. You either fly with numbers or fly against them. There's always those that are going to play the alt game to see who can come in the highest. You take a break from the hordes for a little while by GVing, only to find a bomb**** coming in for an easy kill. You kill the ords, but they come back up after you up a few sorties. You up in a Wirblewind or Ostwind to thwart off the bomb****s, but they then hover out of range and you sit there wasting your time in a Flak while getting shot at by tanks.
On the other hand, since my return, I have also found a few good fights (thanks to batfink, and most recently 0Whiskey). I've found a few good tank fights, and I am finally getting used to GVing since the big update to the ground game. I guess what I'm trying to say, is this game is like most other things--it's a roller coaster. There are good times and bad times. Sometimes I can get a little testing and go on a short rant, but it's all in good fun. I've figured out you've got to take the good with the bad, because it's never going to be a perfect scenario in any case. Just die and have fun!
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Josh