Hey @chipwich … I thought I recognized your name from somewhere :-). I was with JG-2 and JG-52 on the German side for many years.
WWII Online was great for many years but as time went on the subscriptions proved not enough to realize the vision that they had. The developers had to start cutting and the flight sim side was left stagnant. After a while they started to add features (aka ‘radar’) to make it easier for new players to take to the skies and focus on extending the ground game - granted that was where the majority of their subscription dollars came from.