OK i am an FH fanatic, have been for a while and this is by FAR the biggest update and change almost to the point of a whole new mod.
Firstly it may be useful to note that this is a realism mod and the devs goal has been to try and achieve max realism with the BF42 engine. That is why this is such a big change from 0.5 as I think they have finally achieved max realism.
I love this mod and the new changes are getting quite hard to get used to but i am adapting.
The time it takes to zero your crosshairs is there to increase realism of getting you to use cover and 'ambush' enemies aswell as taking advantage of the terrain. This is especially true for support gunners as they are not meant to be able to rush in and eliminate everyone at close range. Their job is achieved in this mod and they do support and lay suppressive fire effectively.
Planes. WOW. What a change from 0.5. Very difficult to handle and as you said before they fly like bombers and not fighters. This is especailly noticeable as many of the maps are far too small to do many manoeuvers. However the patch has now made it more realistic in the sense that fighters only excel in air-air combat unlike in 0.5 where it was possible perform steep dives and take out massses of infantry with MG fire and have enough manouverability to pull up 50 feet from the ground. Also when you destroy a plane so it is aflame pilots dont jump out and para safely to the ground so you don't get the kill. They have to stay in or jump and and get killed which was often the case during air battles in WWII. (of course there is a pilot class in 0.6 that i havn't tried yet with paras)
Tanks now have a nice new sight that i am getting used to. I've not noticed a huge difference in tanks but there are some new tanks that have been add such as the king tiger
I am not gunna go through the rest of the vehicles but to sum up:
This is about the most realistic WWII mod for BF and I highly recommend it to anyone. Maps like Omaha will make anyone wet with excitement and joy. N00bs to FH may not like it due to it being very different from vanilla but in time it will grow on you just as it did for me. Good work FH team
