But we all love to shoot buffs and transports down. Someone has to fly them now, don't they? Just imagine how few B-17's and C-47's you would encounter if flying them wasn't critical to the overall score, and if they wern't so accurate, and had outside views, etc. This would also practically eliminate field captures if these elements were removed, the game would just be one giant fur ball, and relativly boring, by comparison.
On the "Ranks" page you can still click on "kill to death ratio", "kills per sorti ratio", "fighter score", etc, and see how you stack up in what area is important to you.
The score system just encourages a more interesting game.
eskimo of The Buccaneers