There used to be more early war missions, but they often caused most pilots to leave.
So I guess the admins slowly reduced them as once a server has low numbers it takes a good while to pick up again, if this happens a few times a day the server ends up mostly empty and that can't be the aim.
I myself love the pace of the early maps aswell and have especially fond memories of flying Ki-43's and Ki-27's or on other maps the 4gun wildcat and A6m2 on ZvW years ago.
Hope to fly again soon ,and know where it will be...the place that got me hooked on IL-2 thanks to their helpful pilots, especially this...some spent hours and hours letting my fly as a wingman and gladly shared all the tips and tricks they knew till i could actually fly halfway decent
, good maps and challenging settings.
S! WOP and may your community live on well past the demise of IL2 and shine years into SOW:BOB's future.