I just got ace and its pretty sick, it does seem a little more difficult than HAWKS . I think mostly its just diffrent. the control layout is about the same, although i just bought the flightstick to go with it which in many ways does make it more difficult but fun, id advise those to surly try it. also if your finding it hard to find good groups online, or havent joined a clan yet, check out Xen ith, im pretty new to all this and so far its awesome.