Lets settle this argument, I've been playing WW2OL for about 2.5 months as a break from AH. And have played WW2OL on and off during the free trials as well.
Framerates:
- I cannot run over 1024x768 due to the sound getting distorted. No idea why this happens
- Air 2 Air framerates suck. Put more than 5 or 6 Aircraft in range and my framerates drop to 12/13 fps (2100XP+,1Gb, GF3)
- ground framerates are just fine
Number of players:
- bad news for the ww2ol guys, I can't see anywhere where it shows subscribers/online numbers, however in off peak times theres less than 50 per side playing (I play on GMT+12 times)
- on peak times I'd say theres similar numbers to AH's MA
- there is no way in hell they have 10000 subscribers
Flight Model:
- its horrible
- P40's outturning/outzooming 109s'
- 110's flop around like fish
- torque modelling is bizzare
- G model is wierd (bizzare blackout system)
Damage Model:
- air 2 air is bizzare, just tonight I loaded up an H75 with 20mm (close shot, top of a zoom), he kept flying and flying and flying
- ground 2 ground seems pretty good
- ground 2 air seems bizzare
- air damage model is not visible, so you've got no idea what damage you take, or what they take. Although engine damage model gets thumbs up (heat and coolant stuff)
- ground damage model is cool, loads of flames spewing from tank viewports
Game Stability:
- big thumbs down, at least one hard lock up a day, one game created reboot every few days
- speedhacking seems to be more common and cheating is becoming a real issue
Community:
- has its good and bad, as does AH
- bloody hard to find good information (half the links on the CRS website are DEAD)
- seems to be a lot of politcal BS flying around (loads of bellybutton kissing)
So, if you wanna piss around in a ground war, shoot tanks, be a sniper and all that. Then WW2OL is good.
If you wanna fly and really do some hardcore dogfighting then WW2OL is not good. In fact it is 'teh suxor'. And, if you're a WW2OL 'fight pile-it' and you think you're good, come to AH and watch your butt get handed to you.
HOWEVER - if you want to be CAS in a ground war then WW2OL is all good.
WW2OL is a fun ground war. But its buggy as hell, its got a crap air game, and its most definitely not got 10000 subscribers. In fact reading the forums and observing the level of newbies I'd put money on a shrinking subscriber base.
(oh and zeroace for the record, I find ww2ol pile-its easy kills 1 on 1, and theres much better than I in AH).