Okay- I lied - I am making one more post. As Bride, SilentAce, and I discussed last night - you could have a random generator for custom missions. You would start the mission not knowing if you was entering a dogfight, an escort or an intercept mission. That was the main idea that Ace had. Also, the starting altitude of all elements (at a bare minimum, the AI elements)would be random. I'll take credit for that idea All of this would help give the AI a better chance of surviving - apparently the custom missions are way too easy - I have only flown one with a 500xp limit - and I found it to be as challenging as any of the regular missions. I have not flown any with my uber pilots or with very strong aircraft (Me-262, P-38L, etc)and that seems to be when the missions become way too easy (again, from the impression I am getting from the posts).