Central drug me in some form of the Beta. At one point I think HTC added smoke and flame effects?! Hard to believe, but I sorta recall it.
Don't know why all the players that started back then here think they still suck, unless it's a stupid way to say they think they are good and need someone else to say they are such an ace in response, whatever.
As fun as it was taking up 205’s with Thunder vs. Pongo and who he flew with way back then, the 'new' AH is 10X's as hard. AW, whatever it was, and WBS people migrating has made the MA very tough to get kills vs. deaths. There has been a huge amount of online flightsim talent infused into AH.
AH, indeed, has progressed.