The "tactical community" is mostly wannabe snipers who have never worn the uniform or graduated sniper school. Go any range on any weekend and there will be no shortage of them.
Genuine long range target shooters buy the best optics they can afford and don't really worry if it adjust in mils or inches because they know what their rifle, scope and load do.
The biggest dumfest that is going on in America is all the long range wannabes who are buying SFP variable scopes with mil dots or whatever reticle and not understanding that the reticle is only accurate at one magnification setting.
All you have to do is look at Hunter Benchrest shooters who shoot tiny little holes with a mere 6X scope typically fiited with a custom reticle so there is no knob twisting. Then we have those boys who wear the The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor who can wax you at 1000 meters with their 3-12 FFP Schmidt & Benders. If they have a spotter they MAY dial but usually they hold over/off with the mil dot reticle as the increments are always 3.6" regardless of the power setting.
Most hunters who shoot big game at ethical distances don't have a spotter and really have no use for any fancy reticle as "minute of deer" is pretty big.
For shooting Varmints, paper or people at long range special reticles have a place in a top quality scope. Folks who invest 2500-4000 buck in a scope generally will learn how to use it. I own several but don't hunt big game with them.
In any case, stick with fixed or FFP variables, whether they are mils or inches is immaterial as long as you learn them.
