NTTR critics (that even get deleted here) is morstly because all airfields we have now(!) are so close all around the center. ED should have spend their time on maken more Airfileds instead of placing a million easter eggs all aroud the map.
And no, it's not about RU attacking the US on US soil, it's the posibilities outside of red flag that are very limited.
Take the (user made) guardians of the caucasus dynamic campaign, it fits so perfectly to the caucasus map. You just can't do this on the Navada map with currend airfields.
A closed scenario (we hopefully get "someday", like WWII) would offer so much more than sandboxing all day long, esp for MP gameplay. But then, all you hear is "it's up to the mission maker"... how many servers do we have with a closed scenario? Basicly all we have is FC3 free for all deathmath aka 104th and only god knows what will happen if you try to do a 80's or 90's scenario with no AIM-120. Shitstorm and empty servers.
ED should focus on rounding up the DCS:W contend and group equipment to at least decades-> I create a mission, I select "80's" and all units past 1990 will not be avaible and so on. Nobody needs smal restaurands modeled in the middle of the desert