Bubba and I played a couple of absolutely HUGE maps.. No out of bounds areas and flags in all corners. With the A-10 roaming the sky (when the pilots weren't busying TKing each other), driving in a vehicle was a big pain and walking took forever. Those huge maps were quite vehicle-centric, and even in a vehicle it took a while to get to a base. Not my favorite way to play, really.

The server we played on was kinda junky.. VOIP didn't work and it wouldn't allow more than two squads. The server admins knew about the squad bug but wouldn't restart the server. It really sucked one round when our SL insisted on camping the airfield. Average pubby play with bunny hoppers everywhere and people refusing to wait for you to hop in their vehicle.

I played a couple infantry maps and wasn't overlly impressed, really. Felt pretty much like normal BF2 but with a couple different weapons.

The sounds in the mod are too loud, IMO. The A-10 does sound mean, though.

The Hummer has a radio in it that plays all the time, even without anyone in it. That's annoying.

But, there are cool resupply jeeps that act like a supply crate, giving you ammo and health when you stand by them. Bubba and I were going through AT rockets like candy, so it was nice when one of those jeeps would spawn and we could stock up before the next person came along and drove off by themselves.

Engineer kit has a handheld SAM.. It's better than the one in NAW in that it doesn't kill anyone within a 20ft radius when you launch it, but it doesn't kill aircraft any better than in normal BF2.

I played with the jets in singleplayer. The A-10 and Iraqi equivalent have dumb fire rockets and bombs and the big nose cannon. No AA capabilities. The fighters, F-16 and Mig-29, have the regular BF2 gun and AA missles, no bombs. So, the two jets would need to work together to be effective.

Would be an interesting mod to play in a TG environment. Same arcade elements as normal BF2, but without the silly stuff that NAW added. All the maps I played were pretty decent quality, but it looks like you have to be able to play them at medium settings or better.

A decent start to the mod.