Tiers of historic era or capability

[Varis]

Which distinct/discrete tiers of combat capability or historical era do you think are obvious in DCS aircraft (and other equipment)?

Which are recognized and codified by the developers and the community (campaign equipment, multiplayer missions etc)?

Which of them are readily workable, with full combat environments supporting operational and tactical authenticy, combined arms, and a workable number of aircraft?

Any that have little hope in their current state?

 

Basically my impression is:

 

1) Modern day (which is 1980s and a few outliers like JF-17): Hornet, F-15, Su-27, Mig-29 and a lot of others with few limitations on available equipment.

2) Cold war (1970s or so). Mig-21, Gazelle, the older ground attack variants.

3) Low intensity (limited capacity compared to all of the above). L-39ZA and the other trainers in when upgraded in the future. This category is quite fuzzy or weakly developed.

4) World war 2. (Extremely obvious - concentrated around the year 1944!)

5) Civilian. Very limited combat capability or the mission has no military focus.

 

There are a few odds and ends. F-14 and Viggen could be a bit between 1) and 2). The older helicopters are kinda between 2) and 3). The Korean war era jets, Mig-15 and Sabre are special, not truly WW2 but are they for 3), would feel natural that way?

Edited November 25, 2018 by Varis