i think because everything is so balanced: vehicles, guns, aircraft, that 2142 requires MORE skill to come out on top. the gunships are easy to fly, and are fairly easy to get rid of on the ground. so, wouldn't it require you to have a decent amount of skill in using them to use it effectively? i think yes. in bf2 i wasn't a pilot, and seldom flew, but when i did, i only got shot down from someone else in a plane, or because i suck and crashed. that should say something about how much bf2 is unbalanced, and how a noob pilot like me can still rack up kills and not get shot down by ground units. thats my perspective anyway.
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