It seems everyone wanted to start out with an "easy" project so they decided to go with a trainer. I can understand this decision but I dont think it makes his point invalid. At this point we can buy as many modern combat planes as modern trainers and I do think he is right when he says that most players would like planes to fly missions in. If you dont like flying missions and enjoy trainers/civilian aircraft any other flight sim would do. DCS is as much a simulation of weapon systems as it is a simulation of the aircrafts themselves. Trainers do not offer the full kit, simple as that.