I think I understand Julhelms point of view.
The fact is, Julhelms business is 3D modeling, textures and graphic stuff (simply said) Now imagine you are a mechanic and not only an ordinary driver, someone shows you a "new" car, but all what is new, it`s just the colour and thats all. Sorry some new buttons for the headlights ..
So julhem see this new game, or even the shown pics, from a different point of view, than most of us. Sure here are some fans, but also people who dont want a hardcore sim like "Black shark" But all what they are asking for is a "solid" posibility/gameengine which supports some stuff that was asked since the beginning.
Graphical programing isn`t so hard, it can be done effectivly and in a not so timeconsuming way, the other features are more complicated, but still stuff with parameters like "If this happen..." "do that.." "if not... else will happen"
Dave`s statement is understandable, it has nothing to do with fanboy bashing or something like this, Im also tired of .. buying the same old game , over and over again ... and .. there is no real evolution. The Mission editor is great, but is also standart in the Flight Sim development. But for a one man show the start was not bad ;)
I don`t expect fleet defender 2 (its more a wish) But some good and usefull improvements like mfd`s and radarmodes!