From the 2.0.5 news post:
"
Bot Behavior Algorithm
Fixed bugs that reduced performance of bombers controlled by bots when bombing targets, (not all bugs)
Game Locations (These are repairs not bugs)
- Disabled the following map layouts for further improvements: "Albion: Balance of Forces", "Alpine Gambit: Vertical", and "Peripheral Mission: Foreign Land"
- Changed the balance for the map layout "Northern Bridgehead: Cold Skies"
- Increased the battle tier for the map layout "Archipelago: Stumbling Block" to VII–IX
- Increased the battle tier for the map layout "Arctic Region: Ancient Hills" to II–IV
Graphics Not a bug
Implemented the visual effect for aircraft acceleration and deceleration. Now when the airspeed of an aircraft is increasing (for example, when boosting or diving), the camera will be moving away; when the airspeed is decreasing, the camera will be getting closer to the aircraft.
Interface Not a bug
- Added aircraft progression windows where aircraft configuration progress is displayed.
- Aircraft characteristics are now calculated taking into account mounted equipment, consumables, and pilot's and gunner's skills. When calculating the effects of consumables and skills, only those effects that are effective throughout the entire battle count.
- Taking into account all effects, the values of main characteristics can increase to more than 100. As before, 100 is the highest value for all aircraft in the game with crew's proficiency trained to 100% and without equipment and consumables.
- All additional effects affecting an aircraft are displayed as a list under the corresponding characteristic.
- Added new characteristics. Refined formulas for calculating existing characteristics.
Changes to Characteristics Not a bug
- Survivability now includes not only hit points, but also resistance to critical damage and resistance to fire.
- Altitude performance now includes maximum altitude (service ceiling), optimum altitude, as well as the rate of climb.
Added New Characteristics Not a bug
- Cumulative damage of forward-firing offensive machine guns and autocannons
- Optimal distance for firing with forward-firing offensive autocannons and machine guns
- Cumulative damage of defensive turrets
- Optimal distance for firing with defensive turrets
- Cumulative damage caused by bombs
- Bomb load resupply time
- Cumulative damage caused by rockets
- Rocket load resupply time
- Optimal distance for launching rockets
- Evaluation of different aircraft elements' resistance to critical damage: airframe, engine, crew, and turret
- Evaluation of the aircraft's resistance to fire
- Horizontal flight speed without boost
- Duration of boost availability
- Limits of the range of speeds at which the aircraft reaches its maximum maneuverability
- Limits of the range of altitudes at which the aircraft reaches its maximum speed and maneuverability
- Maximum altitude for a steady horizontal flight
Modules Not a bug
Rapid-firing, long-range, and high-power large-caliber autocannons are now displayed with different icons.
Game Login Screen Not a bug
Added the option to change languages of the game client to any of the supported ones.
- In case the language of the client prior to the Update was different from the main official language of the game region it may be reset to the main language. It can then be changed manually to the desired one.
- Added the option to switch between different regions (CIS, EU, and NA) in the game login screen."
It looks to me like there's been a lot of changes/improvements/removals for fixes in this patch coming up.
Most videos I've seen of game updates just highlight the new things that are coming while fixes are generally less acknowledged. Especially with patches like this that have a lot going on.
Be patient, it looks like they're making every effort to improve the quality of the current content and add new quality content.
Me: "It's not bragging if you can do it!"
My tombstone: He was bragging.
You can not get back to the 1.9 level of play in headcount if you don't fix the bugs. They are not fixing the bugs!!!!!!!!