harry, seems you had a good time on your lone ranger mission  :]  i still have many fond memories of the old il2, but the release debacle of BoB has kept me from spending any time on it.

After hearing of the problems from the early adopters, i waited a few months and then used the "try before you buy" version. glad i did to, because it was simply unplayable on my system, lots of flickering and flashes (even with the epilepsy filter off), scenery looked pretty poor, the "feel" of the FM (which was pretty good for many planes in il2) just wasnt there for me in BoB, lots of micro stutters. etc.. no sign of the promised ground AI activity at airfields, friendly aircraft AI control was poor, AI planes with some very odd ufo type movements.

there were some good new aspects to, but the -ve ones just were to overwhelming

i've still been keeping an eye on the main BoB forums in the last 6 months, and it seems recently since some of the latest patches it is getting closer to being playable.  scenery has improved, no more micro stutters, if they get the new gfx engine optimized patch out before Xmass it might be time to give it another try

what are ye'alls impressions of the last few months of BoB ? close to giving it another go or still waiting time ?