LOL rgr dedalos,
Unfortunatly I came in at the end of the furball era and really couldn't do much but die in them, but even that was a blast. I would watch from above in awe and respect of the guys like wldthng, laz and the BKs, the 13th, the MAW, even the assasins :Det-al that could engage in such kaos and survive to land their kills. Then I would dive in blow an angle drop all my e and whammo, I was dead lol.
Just in the last year or so I have gotten myself to a point where I can be somewhat affective in a furball and have fun actually killing and getting out, but now they don't exist in that form anymore.
As Laz has said, and I agree, it is about choice and having one. Unfortunately I don't have a choice to furball on the flawed maps and the maps where the furballs did exist in grand form dont any more because the suffer from the fuel resupply problem. So they don't last.
I can't remember the last time I took up a late war plane to cherry pick, but last night I did because that was the only choice I had. The fuel was porked and had to fly long flights to get to the battle and even though I had fun I did get bored and lost me ferver.
I agree that if the only choice were to furball, then that would be a problem. So I don't want to see choices restricted I want to see them encouraged.
Pizza Crap is a decent map but it has removed the choice to furball. When I get bored cherry picking or only have an hour or so to fly and want to engage in the adrenalin rush of the mayhem the furball offers, rather than the relatively slow paced dive and climb BnZ fight, I can't.
It's really that simple. Just some people have a large problem when everyone is happy and it is obviouse by there postings.