Do I have to go back to school to build missions in CloD?

[Ataros]

This is all you have to now to create a simple mission like in old Il-2, including a coop one http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...ull_Missi.html
And the author of this post makes excellent missions without scripting. They are announced at SimHQ.
New FMB is 90% similar to the old one.

The next level is using triggers/action in FMB to create delayed flights or events triggered by other events. This is also very easy but sometimes some functions are bugged. The only thing you have to know is that Trigger name and Action name must be the same. The rest is self-explanatory.

The 3rd level is using scripts available in this section. This gives functionality never available in original Il-2. Needs some basic knowledge of C# or other programming language.

I do not think usability of FMB will be improved very much. It is already very simple (look through Builder section in game key settings to learn all available functions). The devs will probably work on correcting FMB bugs though.

PS. To run a coop mission you need to download a script by Banks ATM.