I guess I just have a conditioned response to hearing the term 'arcade' from years of hearing it thrown about as an insult on sim forums. Sorry about that.
It's not a bad point but we never noticed this, and putting it in there means redesigning the minimap/data window which we just don't have the time to do anymore, since we're already delayed by several months
Right now we're working overtime crushing bugs, balancing the gameplay and making sure the game is challenging and entertaining.
At least contacts get denoted S for sonar, E for ESM, R for radar, V for visual and M for master.