In my opinion it's critical to get a new damage model and new aircraft roles to bring some interest to DCS WW2. The 4 fighters we got are very well made but we need bombers and proper ground attack planes to be able to simulate what could look like a proper war.
Last time I checked, the B17 were still made of glass and flown by ghosts, that felt ridiculous to destroy 3 of them in one pass, like 6 months ago when I first tried it... I'm not an ace so if I can destroy 3 of these beasts so easily there IS a problem :D
There is talented mission makers around, but they can't do miracles without enough matter to work with.
I like long distance flights but you need to make it relevant and see how many players are around.
Another question, is there some AA to protect airfields now ? My last fly I just got destroyed on taxiway without any AA cover. Quite boring when we are 4 on a server, you are the only player against them and they don't let you takeoff. Result is you leave them to fly on something else. Vulching is part of the war but don't do it when there's only 1 player against you :D