I sincerely think this is not an issue: this evening, for instance, I hosted a 4.08 Coop, in order to let a couple of 51 Trainees in, and straight afterwards we were all fighting to get a free slot in 4.09 Modded AWI (more than a couple of us had to fly Blue, in spite of having more than 70 flyable planes!).
To me. flying IL-2 is more a fun now, than a couple of years ago (with the only exception that I’ve been a Squadron Orphan, these days, together with Flasheart…).
Besides, all those complaints about missing versions, cockpits, sounds, etc. have been silenced now, thanks to the Mods, which we are nevertheless not obliged to use, to enjoy ourselves as a Community.
I’m afraid that blaming Mods it’s just an excuse, to avoid honestly admitting to have simply got bored…