Hello,
will there be any history between ja2 and ja3, What was awesome in ja2 is that you felt things happened between ja1 and ja2, here I have the bad feeling that all the ja2 made it just like if the game is happening few monthes after Arulco and it's ja2 in another set up.
I wish some mercs died, others aged, new arrived (or old ones relatives?), maybe even some mercs from ja1 that disapeared came back, etc. This kind of background creates a strong feeling of realism. Igor isn't a cherry anymore and replaces Ivan while maybe Ivan is still there but hes very old and almost useless except his high experience ETC ETC.
That would actually be ja3 and not ja2 v1.9 like we had tons of them that disapointed.
Don't get me wrong I will still be very excited to use my old fav mercs from ja2 but that's not ja3.