For experienced pilots the current static AA is not much challenge... they know the maps and AA positions, can allign on the fortifications and just have to pull then trigger, once the fog of war shows the exact positions... as AA gunner you have about 3-5 seconds to:

1) Find out, from which direction the enemy is coming
2) Aim
3) Shoot down and hit him before you are gunned down

Most of the time you will be dead before the first step... the limited view range is a great disadvantage for the AA gunners, especially as they cannot hide or move.

I've already suggested random and changing AA gun positions quite a time ago and still hope something might be done in the future, but until then I'd like to at least suggest anothe thing, that might be easier to implement:

Mobile AA... there are few AA tanks already, but I talk about those small caliber AA guns like the 2cm Flak or the Bofors for example... while it is unrealistic to let them move by one man only, I'd like to suggest it anyway for gameplay purposes... that would make it a bit harder for planes, so they cannot dominate the sky just by doing a strafe run on well known positions every few minutes.
If they could be moved just like some AT guns, it would greatly increase the chance of actually hit someone without dying.

I have a few questions about the new impact angle system for penetration:
1. Does it only include the horizontal angle of the armor (sloping) or is this simply done by giving those armor parts their effective thickness?
2. Is only the relative angle of the target vehicle towards the attacker considered or is the relative angle of each armorplate considered (in other words: is the hitbox for the impact angle a simple box or is it detailled like the model?)

So I have two questions about planes:
1. Long time ago I asked for some feature that makes orientation in planes easier, especially since you cannot use the ground due to the low view range (can it be increased somehow?). In the last thread by me someone told me that something like an artificial horizon was WIP... thats 1 1/2 years ago... anything changed regarding that?
2. FH1 featured level bombers like B-17, B-24 and B-25... are planes like that planned in FH2 anytime in the future (and if so please with the nice bombing reticle)? I really enjoyed raining hell on enemy encampments, although there worth in battle was rather small...  .

Well lets talk straight... the current artillery system is not very good... you have to rely totally on the spotters which use a spotting system that is quite bugged (accidential marking of bushes or other small objects). The area that you can see is to small and the accuracy far too good...
So I'd like to have a new firing option for artillery to make it independet from the spotting system and more usefull for the purpose it was originally made for: barrages for suppressing the enemy or taking out enemy fortifications.
I imagine the artillery to have two modes to fire:
1. Strike mode: This is pretty much the same as it is now... you can fire on targets spotted by a scout with good accuracy and reload...
2. Barrage mode: This simulates a "blind" barrage on an enemy position... no targeted strikes but area bombardment.
This mode changes several things:
- it adds neutral aiming dials in the sight which the gunner can use to adjust his aim without spotters on certain areas... gunners will be able to learn the right numbers to aim at certain strongpoints.
- the accuracy is drastically lowered. You won't be able to target certain guns or stationary enemies as your spread will be about 60-100m (dependant on range of course). You can just target a stronghold and must have luck to hit and cannot shoot when there are friendlies nearby.
- barrage mode simulates the crew to operate at increased speed for a short time... I think of something similar to CoH where the artillery can fire several shells in rapid succession and then has to wait.
Artillery should be able to fire about 3-7 rounds (dependant on size) with a reload time of 4 secs on artillery guns and howitzers and about 2 seconds for mortars. After the barrage there should be a reload time of at least one minute until the next barrage can be fired.

When switching back to strike mode the reload timer is not reset... you have to wait until the barrage mode is reloaded (to prevent players from quickly firing barrages and then use accurate strikes again... you can do either one or another (switching from strike mode to barrage mode also requires several seconds for the crew to prepare).
Also when switching between the modes the gun alignment is reset so that players cannot use barrage mode just for aiming with the neutral dials.

Barrage mode should be able to use HE or smoke ammo either for softening the defense or covering advancement.

Well just a dream... but I wanted to tell you 

Well I got the problems 2 and 6 from this thread (http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=21.0) recently and went through the steps to repair my FH2... I deleted the cache files and had to download both shaderfiles for BF2 and FH2... after that FH2 works again, but BF2 keeps disconnecting me while verifying the data and tells me my BF2 is modded and I have to get it back to the original version to join servers... same goes to BF2:SF... only FH2 is working normally.
So what can I do... maybe the shaders_client.zip provided in the thread above is outdated or something?

I have a question  regarding long range fire fight with handfire guns.
I just want to know, if every weapon has a bullet trajectory like MGs and how that is related to the maximum range... do the bullets simply vanish after the maximum range or do they lose power and become less effective? Or does bullet trajectory let them fall down so that aiming beyond a certain range becomes totally useless?

So finally after a very long time I bought BF2... because of one reason FH2...
But after some days of play I have one problem... orientating in planes is very difficult... of course you can use mouseview, but you cannot control the plane during that time... I don't know if thats even possible but pilots need some way to orientate in planes... some kind of HUD at least with artificial horizon... I sometimes really get lost when flying up because the sky often does not help to guess the current alignment of the plane...
Would it be possible to add something like that to the HUD or do we have to rely on the mouseview?