Mods could kill the community, yes, but cheats have been going on in il2 far before the modding started.
There are bad attitude modders, and there are well intentioned ones.
Some MODS are absolutely fantastic, some are just crap. But anyway, it shows at least many things that were called not possible as a reality.
I have witnessed cheats with MODS, but I also witnessed that long before they were released. Some squads were well known for their cheating capacity, well before the MODS become open.
So, there is a large confusion about MODS, but hardcore people are still on it, with better missions than before.
And also the tendency to join squads and play private campaigns was there far before the MODS appeared. It was the only safe haven from cheaters online.
The only damage MODS could really be blamed, is the different versions available, and the risk of destroying your own il2 install with singular MODS.
The last patch from TD, have got many people back to official patch release, instead of modded ones. Mainly because of their better management of planes and AI behavior. Those are the things that really makes a difference in this game, not one more variant of a 109 or a spit.
Now, make the ships engage evasive maneuvers, better their wrecks, and the same for moving ground objects, and it will be a better move than adding any more planes into the sim.
This sims, needs better playability, not more objects to play with.
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