We actually have no idea what they mean by "open world" at this point. It's probably very much still mission based as trying to traverse an entire world one turn at a time is about the silliest concept I've ever heard.
EDIT: I take it back, they said open world combat whatever in the email. So... yeah. I guess I am the silly one for assuming. I wonder how it will play. I am interested.
Can't wait for release. Haven't been playing (since my Internet sucks and I don't want to redownload, plus y'know, want to play it with fresh eyes), so I am super duper excited for launch. Take your time, though, haha.
If you send fighter out and they bump up against multiple enemy squadrons at once, you can have multiple battles happening at once.
I had two or three sets of my own squadron, along with two or three of theirs.
It always crashes when one of the battles ends. Probably because you have multiple outcomes.
Beta is going to be so amaaaaaazing.
And alpha/beta have so many different meanings. They are almost meaningless, haha. ;p
EDIT: PS: If this doesn't have a Mosin-nagant in it I'll be upset. ;p