I will be the first to admit I was some what of a skeptic when Dice and EA originally announced they were actually going to bring out another patch for BF2.

Improvements include:


Features
- Additional support for Windows Vista.
- Added Highway Tampa as a required map.
- Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.

Gameplay Tweaks
- Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced. Please note that the J10 is a superior dogfighter to the F35B and as such these two aircraft will never be equally matched.
- AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.
- Added checks to prevent “runway grieving”.
- Various changes made to prevent cheating.
- Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model.

EA also mentions that a beta of the patch will be available at the end of this month, but they also promised a beta at the end of November. Then it was December. And so on. Although now it seems that there is work being done on the patch.

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Tweaked hit detection has my vote if nothing else. The included support for Vista would seem almost pointless as most Vista users without a doubt will be migrating to windows 7 within the year.

There has been talk of Dice including additional DRM protection as well with the new update, so likely there is a possibility of the game being completely rooted. Never the less EA always has their way! Gotta love Copyright protection on 5 year old game :P

Oh well at least they are trying, better late than never!