Original il2 was continualy improved from the start and so is CoD. IL2 destroyed the competition and maybe thats the issue for many, not having a competing ww2 cfs to say "man il2 is way better than..." empowers some to compare it to itself early in development which for any new cfs is just not fair or healthy for the genre.
Fact: Ten years from now the sim may not be "finished" (thats a good thing cause I think Silent Hunter 5 is "finished")...
Now for those that complain on the forums everyday about the same stuff I wonder why, how fun can that be? I'll tell you one thing, no matter how buggy CoD maybe at this moment,
flying CoD is lot more fun than flying the forum