We had all better be prepared for the many 'Experten' that will migrate to the forum with their usual demands about fm's etc.
The gentlemanly discussions we usually have from our WWI visitors here will be nothing compared with the gnashing of teeth that seem to abound in all WWII aviation forums, lol!
Well, I've also been playing MMORPGs since before Everquest (was always a guild tank so you can imagine how I fly, or how many enemy rudders I've eaten).
The similarity is akin to those games, where there are those that enjoy what the game has to offer and those that know better then, well, everyone, how to build a game. Everything becomes the developers fault (sort of like the guy that continually buys new golf clubs thinking they will un-suck him)
In the beginning there is actual discussion, enjoyment, appreciation, but as the game grows, the boards tend to devolve into whining, arguments, as the "experts" emerge with all the reasons that the "game is failing".
I scratch my head a lot. I mean, we've gone from "Pong" to this. I've waited a lifetime for it. Most of these games are amazing creations, and this one is sort of the pinnacle, yet there are so many that can't seem to realize that, and rather than enjoy what is offered, rage about every little thing.
I'd love to see this in a WWII sim, but what you mention here is the reason that I usually just read but do not participate on game forums, or just stick to my guild forums.
I tend to think that its a dogfight between instant gratification and maturity.