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While it is true that HSFX is the basis for UP, HSFX was built in such a way that UP had to repackage practically everything. Also, HSFX was big in Hyperlobby when it first became available at AAA and not because you could get it at HSFX. However, if you look at HL now, you will see that the majority of folks are now using UP; admittedly because 4.10 is now available, but also because UP has more acft, and some of the features that HSFX employed made gaming more "restrictive". Of note, Tougher bridges, tanks, and ships. While this is not necessarily a bad thing, the ships proved to be almost unsinkable. It would take an entire squadron or two of swordfish to sink a battleship (we know because we have tried) and a carrier might as well be an island. This was done because the folks that made HSFX did so for their particular brand of gaming. That's all.

I'm not saying UP is perfect, but it didn't put such restrictions on, for the lack of a better term, recreational gamers.

And before we start down this road and totally get away from the original posters concerns, If you wish to continue this conversation, then we should move this to a separate post .