I have to agree with Truekill to a point- Though the wars were a lot of fun, but you could see clear degeneration in pilot skill and otherwise gameplay during them, unless, of course, there was a large mission going on. The big squads really made it work.
Really I enjoy big historic missions more than anything else in this game. I've said before that if it weren't for FSO I would have quit long ago, as landgrabbing really doesn't appeal to me, and 1v1 fights, though undoubtedly adrenaline pumping, are too few and far between to keep me in the game.
I love the sound of more big missions! Maybe we should do it on Tuesdays, giving people an alternative to the hell-hole that is Titanic Tuesday.