well I won't stop playing IL2 after the release of CoD so any patches will definately be downloaded by me... but I guess you are right; for some this issue is maybe a non-issue in March.
Actually I think that one of the reasons some guys complain about a sim (CoD) they have been waiting for 6 years now..and haven't even seen yet, is that they are suffering from separation anxiety. They know that even though IL2 will still be played after March release, it will never be the same again.... and the symptoms are quite obvious: irritation, judgements without evidence, outburst ..even crying