[Former_Older]

So let me get this straight

having dogfights and dropping bombs is boring and superficial? Is that what I'm reading?

Gotta disagree 100%. Just because some people are jaded and "bored" does not mean that these things are boring...just that you're bored with them becasue you've done them a lot. Also, I have to say that if this is a sign of a "superficial" combat flight sim, then what exactly give a combat flight sim depth? A career mode for a trans-Atlantic cargo pilot? Don't lose sight of the whole idea behind this type of sim, just because you've flown a bunch of missions that are the same

Dogfight servers and offline missions that present you with cookie cutter "dogfight strafe and bomb" missions that are all alike seem to be the issue, to me

This is not to say I think that ops should be strictly fight fight fight fight fight. I didn't happen that way. But the premise of this whole thread is that the way the sim works is a problem, not that the types of missions in it are not viable- but what is said is that what we do now is boring, and shallow

Having a greater range of missions is a good goal and I want it too. But let's not lose sight of the fact that combat is what combat flight sims are all about

Get more variety in the missions, absolutely. But this "Boring and superficial" thing? You guys are flying some really poorly constructed ops if you ask me