I have been playing since ArmA in 2007 and a huge supporter of Bohemia Interactive online and in person but have never used my forum account until now. When a friend told me about ArmA 2: Combined Operations End of Life (EOL) I had to login and the question on this topic, "How has this not be added by now"?
Of all possible features that are lacking from the engine that would be relatively easy for developers to implement, this is by far the most important and necessary. Not only in ArmA 3 but ArmA 2 AND Operation Arrowhead.
I find it astonishing that this has never been made a priority when it's such a serious problem for any server host with any kind of high player frequency and capacity.
ADD THIS FEATURE TO A2, OA & A3!