Having a choice of skins is REAL nice. Very nice indeed. I also thought highly of the new sun effect which IMO is a great step towards a more realistic environment. I also like the FM and the ballistics. And not being able to auto-trim oneself to safety when wounded or in a black out is a long overdue, very welcome feature. There are several other new features, fuel use for another, and fixes that are nice to see HTC having added.
Still.... To me AH-II felt and looked exactly like AH1 with the "constant ON- billboard icons" and the all-seeing inflight AWACS radar. That's not necessarily bad, if you're into pure fanatasy, death match arena gameplay, but I'm not. I'm looking for a more realistic WWII enviromnent to spend time in. So I'll keep my "ear to the rail" listening for news on AH-TOD.
[p.s. mouse-look is a big plus too! Players can now use trackir type of devices which is a phenominal leap over hat switches and numpad key views)