Tonight was absolutely the most fun I've had playing since I started in AW. I could hardly pull myself away.
It really reminded me of the AW furballs. Up, no climb-out, minutes to the fight and targets everywhere. Altitude is of little advantage as you have to cut throttle to dive anyway and even vastly outnumbered you seem to have a chance for a kill or two. And the damage modeling is just too cool.
Too bad I'm probably going to have to give up my account or this would be a permanent home for me and inspire me to play again.