What nail?
I still don't understand what the problem was.
avoiding combat you said it yourself. With a little more practice and skill you guys (I refer to any overwhelming force NOE or not) may be able to fly to an enemy field and CAP it above radar.
Of course you can kill the radar and have exactly what you did before the changes. The reason you have your panties in a bunch is because the defenders now have half a chance of GIVING you combat!
Personally It doesn't bother me either way i'll adapt and get on with it instead of crying on the bbs. I find the slow dar updates extremely annoying but they give a more "realistic" aspect to long range radar so defenders can be lurking and not have it give their presence away if they stay out of the enemy circle.
I saw many Bish horde missions to "win the war" yesterday and had to swap to give them some action. They still reset the map regardless. You can't stop a steamroller and if they had fun doing it then that is fine also.