Exact same map (Ardennes, night) same plane, same loadout, same everything. I have played this map a lot, with old disk and new. Old disk, 16 targets, 32 stars for destroying all of them (1200 tickets) new disk, 12 targets, 36 stars for destroying all of them (1200 tickets).

If you choose 16 player set up, there are 16 targets (2 stars each) but if you choose 8 player maximum, there are 12 targets (3 stars each). Who knew? I only switched from 16 to 8 because of the reading I have done on lag; my thinking is 8 players work well, more than that and lag gets bad.

It depends on the host, but yeah - in my experience 8 players is a good ballpark for most hosts. Some rare people can handle 10 or 12 players, but I don't think I've ever seen a 16 player game go smoothly.

Wow. That's cool to know. I never saw it either.

I never knew that either. Ive always had mine limited to 10 players, I guess that gives the same amount as the full 16. I will probably drop down to 8 max now when Ive only got a small room going. Thanks Condorz for finding this :)