HiTech - usage stats?

[Urchin]

Well, obviously having the sortie #'s would be more precise, but I think it is possible to get a decent estimate of usage by looking at the kill/death numbers.

[Furball]

Tempest is awesome.

[Wilbus]

Originally posted by Ghosth


Ta 152H                267          500
Another perk plane, still pretty good odds. Best leave it where it is I think.

Me 163B                278         1210
Whoa, HT how about doubling the perk on these bad boys!

Ok now the unperked favorites.
La-7       25045 deaths to 31833 Kills.

Fw 190D-9             7752        11598
La7 sees more use but look at the kills the dora racks up!!!  Can anyone say 3 or 4 point perk for the Dora?

There it is folks, the next time I see a la7 whine I'm starting a revolution to perk the dora. Its WAY worse than the poor la-7.

Ghosth the fact that the Ta152 has got a near 2-1 in kill/death is that it is a perk plane, one almost only flown by experienced pilots. As it is a perk plane it is flown in a more carefull way. Kill Death is not a good way to messure wether it should be perked or not. This is a plane that would see little or any more use if unperked.

Same thing goes for the D9 vs LA7 discussion. A for higher number of experienced pilots fly the Dora then there are experienced pilots who fly the La7. The La7 is, wether one likes it or not, a newbie plane (meaning that mostly newbies fly it, although some experienced pilots do it aswell).

Put an La7 vs a Dora in a fight with equal pilots and the La7 holds every single advantage.

It's the pilot not the plane that makes the difference here...

[Clifra Jones]

Originally posted by Zazen13
Ummm no, because as we have asserted more people actually fly lgay7's relative to any other plane, and fly them almost in total exclusion to any other aircraft. So, as soon as the lgay7 pilot lands he immediately re-ups another lgay7.

Zazen

That's an assumtion that you don't have any hard evidence to back it up. I am sure there have been nights when you have killed the same guy in his LA7 over and over but that does not reflect on the populatuin as a whole.

I don't see large hoards of LA7s when I'm on-line, Prime-Time Eastern. Sure they are out there but not in adverse numbers.

If you see mutiple LA7s defending a field you are attacking then you have nothing to complain about because they are using the plane exactly the way it was intended.

[Magoo]

I agree with Clifra.

When you up in an La7 (I refuse to call them L-Gays, but I will belittle the pilots) 3 times in 30 minutes but up a Nik or whatever once in 30 minutes that skews the results. It's the % of the La7s up at any one given time - and they are, in part, being flown as they were in RL.

It's like my philosophy with women...two 5s make a 10. That's why I beleive in a womans right to choose...paper or plastic (for the bag over her head). I also fully support gay marriage, as long as both chicks are hot!:p

Magoo