I have to agree with Beet1e and his chess analogy.
It's not that straters are bad or that furballers are bad, its about the two have a difficult time working together as a team. You need both to win.
This is my third game. I use to play Warbirds (until they raised their prices) and before that Air Worrior (before they went out of bussiness) and this battle was never an issue cuz everyone seemed to understand what the game was all about, which was (whether you like it or not) to take the enemy bases and win the reset.
For everyones information, the so called strater is not some mindless suicide building killing dweeb. The strater is some one who uses the resources available to accomplish the overall objective of the game. It requires(in varying degrees) the use of bombers and/or attack planes to eleminate the threats such as acks, VH's and FH's to some degree, fighters and GV's to suppress enemy fighters and GVs. goons to capture and resupply. It takes skill and experience in the use of team work and cooperation were furballing doesn't use any of these traits.
One of the main differences between straters and furballers are that once the action is gone (because the fuel is porked or FH or CV is down) so are the furballers leavng the straters hung out to dry with no support. The reason the so called straters go and pork fuel and drop FH's is because thats the only thing they can do the slow down or stop the advance of the enemy who is running over them due to numbers. They are not trying to rain on your furball parade.
The USMC squad and the USMC TFW have shown time and time again what can be accomplished with inferior numbers when people work together in a some what of a coordinated effort. One of the reasons the rooks seem to be so successful is because they have finally learned about the importance and the success to be had through team work and cooperation and as a result, more rooks have logged on to be a part of that.
The furballers complain about the straters killing their fun because they kill fuel or drop FH or CV and the strater complain because the furballers are killing their fun because they won't help them and if they do, leave them at a critical time because the "action" is gone. So what happeneds, No body has any fun cuz were too busy being pissed at the other guy.
You need the so called furballers. You need people to go out and kill enemy fighters so that others may be successful in their mission. You need the straters. You need people to go out and drop hangers, fuel or kill acks so that the furballers aren't being gang rapped everytime they turn around and leave the game out of frustration cuz they can't get any kills. It's only when we work as a team that we all have the fun that we desire. Something to think about