Paid subscription to a MMO is a path that doesn't interest me.
Even though I spend most of my fying time online (ATAG mostly) I find that my simming is limited to a single sortie here or there when I get some free time. I don't have the time to devote to an organised squadron, nor do I feel I have the skill level required to make me attractive for a squadron to take on.
In a MMO where high scores are life and everything, I guess you'ld find squadrons of Mr X's (this isn't a slur, he is a force to be reconned with) dominating servers and all the would-be's base camping and making a new art of vulching to get those ep's up.
How many new players would you gain if their learning process involves getting shot on the runway five times out of ten. Lets face it, how many gamers would want to do a 20 hour training course before they get in their plane?
I doubt this would help simulate how combat worked.
The last thing I wan't to use my hard earns is to go into a virtual world where You get vulched every time you step into the cockpit. Hey in real life before you got into the plane you would know when the base was under attack. From the safety of the slit trench you could access the situation and make the desicion of when to risk it.
Anyway until an official announcement this is all just speculation. You never know, it might just be the way to end my COD addiction!
Cheers!