I was in the AVA last night for a few hours, It wasn't to bad, in my opinion. Some of them definitely HO, so duck and cover is the name of the game. But if you know it's coming, its not so bad. Beyond that the fights were ok. the other problem was ganging but when you have a bunch of planes in close proximity like that, the last man standing is gonna get ganged, thats just life in the big city.
over-all it was pretty fun and civilized. could it be better, yes, but atleast there's people in there for now! It just takes time.