My view of lame play is people that fly around and defend their bases. People that don't post or join missions. People that go out of their way to avoid or disrupt team play. Those are the reasons I grew tired of lame play.
Making a base flash, causing a mission to bail, causing a buff to bail, hiding a cv, are not on my list.
albeit, there is a account, maybe two, that obviously enjoys the subtle possibilities within a continuous live arena. kinda like sitting on a porch "virtually". 
Just more indication of the way this game is going. I have joined every mission posted while I was on over the last year but one. That means I've been in a couple missions from Pops, and those that my squadies run, so maybe 10-12 for the year.
Today you'll see a group kinda get together and capture a base, then its a 5 minutes before anyone can agree on the NEXT base to go after. Those missions are more along the line or "grab what you want and follow along and try to be helpful". Very few bother with missions any more. They take too much time to put together, co-ordinate, and lead for anyone to post one or join in one.
The "i want it now" generation of game player contributes to this lameness.
They want to bomb stuff.... cant bother to climb and use the site, Dive Bombing Lancs that NEVER get all their ord out let alone RTB.
They want to fight.... Ho HO and HO until dead, grab another plane, rinse and repeat.
They want to pork a field..... dive into a field until dead by ack because they go after buildings instead of guns.
They want to GV..... up time after time to feed spawn campers.
Maybe they dont know whats available, how missions and team work can make the game so much more fun, how battling a foe to win the fight/base/war is so much more than all the corners they cut to get it done now. If there is no thrill to the game, players get bored and leave.
