Hard to believe, it seems like yesterday when the news came that AH2 was in the works, it seemed like AH1 had barely been out when along came the AH2, which is just "AH" I guess but whatever. Many years, well over a decade of good times, learning how to fly, fight, and have a fun time. The game and people have changed over the years, many old hands still around, and it's been a game that many have either stuck around since the start with, or always ended up coming back to.
It's a really incredible story, most games don't last but a couple years before falling massively in popularity, certainly anything past 5 is a real success story, and any that are pushing over 10, a rarity. I can only think of a few I've played myself over 10, and none over 15, other than Aces High. It's quite an accomplishment from a small team of creators.
So, while it's out with the old and in with the new probably next week, it seems this will in all likelyhood - should everything work out as planned - that this is going to be the last weekend of AH2. I hope there is a large turnout in the final days, to send AH/2 off in style, and to show our appreciation of it.
I'm really looking forward to AH3, going through learning what's new, how things work, and just the dynamic environment of being in something new, but I think many will feel a bit of nostalgia saying goodbye to a game that's been here for 15 years, or close to that.
