No one can really tell you if you're going to like Warhawk as much as Medal of Honor, especially since MOH isn't generally considered a "multiplayer game" of any special note.

Doesn't sound like Warhawk is for you.

I have only had the PS3 for a week now, and after a few evenings with Warhawk, I really like the game.
The money you would spend on Warhawk is almost as much as a year subscription to Live.
In my honest opinion, and without exaggeration, you would get 1 hojillion times the value out of a Live subscription than out of the awful, yet free, current iteration of the PSN.
Jumping from trying to set up something as simple as chat on the PSN to Live, is such a huge difference.
I will stop because I am not trying to incite or infer haterade, but I really can't stress the value of $5/month for a truly exceptional overall experience with Live, and not just for the multiplayer functionality.

I mostly only play Zones on ranked SCEA servers. I believe the match limit is either 30 minutes or 3000 points, whichever happens first. Seems like rounds last between 10 and 20 minutes although I've never really paid that close of attention. They certainly last long enough to get some good back-and-forth battles and allow a team to make a comeback if they fall behind.

Maps are good sized and have two or three different sized layouts to accommodate varying number of players. Variety is certainly in Warhawk as there's combat on foot, in vehicles, in AA turrets and in Warhawks. I do find it quite satisfying to look around and see tanks and jeeps driving around, Warhawks dogfighting and offering ground support, turrets firing at the Warhawks and solders on foot in the middle of it all.

It sounds like the stuff you like about Battlefield is also in Warhawk and possibly to a greater extent as there are a few different game modes and air combat is more fleshed out. I also find playing with strangers works out just fine, especially on servers that are set to auto-balance teams. I don't even bother with voice chat most of the time, just run around doing my thing and doing makeshift runs with others.

The controls are a little loose (I find sniping to be frustrating), there's a bit of auto-aim on some weapons and there are still issues with properly saving player stats. Other than that I love the game and can have fun with it for several hours at a time or to just sit down for a quick match or two.

i tried the 2142 demo, something about left me feeling 'no thanks'. maybe it was just because i love the ww2 genre so much. ah well, perhaps i'll grab warhawk when it gets cheaper on ebay.

thanks for the input folks.

It's GWJ's #1 PS3 online game.

Well I've been waiting for it for a long time, so I'm excited.

Quite good. It was one of the best affordable BT headset models that people were seeking out for their PS3s before it became the official pack-in of Warhawk.