I hate the "air force" as well, force me bring a bow every time during battle. even holding L button can't really lock them....makes me so dizzy haha!
and I agree the solider lie down too long to get up, and most annoying is that you can't hit them when they were "sleeping" on the ground, so it keeps you running everywhere to kill just a few soldiers. But I like the idea of this game as it is completely new style in this series.