I'm with Vinkman on this, if not necessarily on the specific tactics he mentioned. People using game glitches to their advantage and, (I have been told by people who should know) players inserting their own code into the game, which gives various aircraft the flight envelopes of other aircraft - specifically, turn fighting in a B25 - are exactly the things that are driving people away from Warbirds. It's the main reason I investigated and tried Aces High, but the quality of the game and the atmosphere in the forums and in the open melee arena are going to be the reasons I stay.
I don't know how many people are actually active in AH from week to week, but I do know that, at a time of day when are are only one or two players online in WBs, there'll be anywhere from 30-50 online in AH. So I'm looking forward to a time when I'm online and capable enough to be a asset to other players, and a hindrance to the enemy. Until then I'm just building stick time and getting practice.
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