Kodiak, I agree, something more "official" in terms of WW2 experience would be a great thing, I've wishlisted such a thing before, several times in fact. People come wanting to experience WW2 combat, but that isn't what they really get in the MA, it's more like a first person shooter with wings and a flight model, a massive quagmire of convoluted goals and such. To me it doesn't matter, I'm just a furballer looking for that kind of fight, but I did really enjoy older WW2 type boxed games like Aces of the Pacific and stuff like that.
I had wishlisted turning one of the very unused arenas like early war or even one of the SEA that sit idle most of the time into a dedicated Axis vs Allies arena, where FSO and scenario like combat could be available daily. I'll find the link to that request, many people came in and whined about how THAT would be a bad option. You just can't win, which is my point - you saying that what you've experienced is from your perspective is a very wise way to look at things. Everybody has their own vantage point, and plays the game they way they like to play it. It's impossible to satisfy everyone, including new 2 weeker players. I will agree that change isn't always a bad thing, and I would be up for any type of new gameplay functions added into the upcoming new version. But trying to pass off blame for lack of growth mainly on problem players, and trying to come up with new and inventive ways to control such behavior isn't going to fix anything, in fact, it'll create more problems than it stops, any of the possible solutions.
Possibly, and I mean very possibly, 24/7 mods in the MA could make some sort of difference, they could at least deal with repeat offenders so that they only get away with it once. But even still, from what you and Fugitive are saying, much of your complaints deal with VOX - how is a mod to know what was said on vox unless he was in earshot, and for PM Vox messages, I know of no way for a mod to check that, unless by saved film, which would take a while for a complaint to get saved, uploaded, then viewed, then dealt with in each instance. Again, what would YOUR solution be to deal with such VOX problems, if they are as common as what you're saying?