So what is the best fighter for rank?

[ArtLaw]

What is the best fighter to fly to lower fighter rank.  Or what are the statogies to lower fighter rank.  Should someone fly low ENY or hi ENY.

[AKFokerFoder+]

Since K/D, K/S and K/Time are big factors, I would imagine that the better planes will give you a better score.

I am not sure how much hit percentage plays in, but that would in all probability be not a factor in chosing a uber ride or a high eny ride.

The high ENY rides give you lots of perk points, and I think probably more awards for "Points" (not sure what that means).  But it would definately seem that 3 out of the 5 criterion favor the uber rides.

I would suggest a LA7 or maybe a Pony D.

[killnu]

to be honest, dont think it is as much the plane, but more the way you fly it.  since the 38G came out, ive been it majority of the time, this tour being the exception, and i typically rank in top 20 for fighter.  This tour i started out with Ki84 as main ride, switched to the new 109s and spits since release and im still up there.  so imo, hi or low eny does not matter.

my 2 useless pennies.

[SuperDud]

Yeah, just fly to live and pick.

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by SuperDud
Yeah, just fly to live and pick.

Thats about the size of it.
Ranking in this game is all about manipulating the game and/or the kind of missions you run.

It has very little to do with how good you are
Want a high fighter rank. Always fly with the horde and do exactly as Superdud says. Fly to live and pick. Never get into a fight with even odds or where you dont have a clear superiour advantage. As soon as you even come close to loosing that advantage. Bug out and split.

Want a high  overall rank. Fly a little of this, a little of that. Milkrun a few strat targets, Be the m3 that gets a few base captures and thats about it.
Its really not all that difficult as I proved to myself a few tours ago by trying but not even very hard I finished within the top 60 or so in overall rank.

Typically I have found the very best cream of the crop sklilled pilots rarely if ever even rank in the top 200 let alone the top 100 or 50.
So ranking is very misleading.

Take SHawk for example.
I'll not deny hes a good guy and a good stick. indeed he is. And he flys smart.
 But he by far isnt the best in the game I've come across

Yea that high ranking looks good, gets your name in lights and all that good stuff.
But in reality other then that typically it means very little.

[Dead Man Flying]

Tempest.  Yes, you can fly it conservatively, but what the Tempest does better than just about anything is kill quickly and allow one to move quickly to a fight and quickly back home again.  That means a high K/D and, just as importantly, a high K/T as well without having to auger for a replane.

-- Todd/Leviathn

[sniper68]

dont have to just pick and bnz just make sure you have freinds around and that helps too

[hubsonfire]

Rank is a crutch for the weak.

[FuBaR]

Tiffy or Temp.

[MINNOW]

P 38J in the right hands is deadly, but as was said earlier... Rank doesnt mean much

[Ack-Ack]

P-38s suck.

[Stang]

Originally posted by Ack-Ack
P-38s suck.

Finally, only after a decade, do you realize this.

[Kermit de frog]

I agree with Fubs and levi on this one.

Typhoon and Tempest both have the capabilities of ending the fight quickly as well as having the top speed to bug out when you are outta ammo and rtb quickly.
Also, go where there is a target rich environment and stay on the outsides with altitude, not necessarily being the highest, but enough to dive for speed if you get too slow.

[cav58d]

Overall rank doesnt mean much.....You can be ranked top 50 (overall) by ubering GV's/bomber and attack and still have a fighter rank in the 800's.....And come on...Fighters is why we play right?  Who cares about anything else...

You can get a good idea of a persons skill level by looking @ scores, in particular fighter......

[SFCHONDO]

Originally posted by cav58d
You can get a good idea of a persons skill level by looking @ scores, in particular fighter......

I disagree, You can not nessacerally get any indication of how good a person is by any portion of there rank. for example you may go look at there hit %. Does a high hit % really say he is good at what he aims at? maybe and maybe not. Is he just vulching or picking or what. A low hit % tells you nothing either. Is that person in fighter mode straffing GV, Buildings, ack and the such. If so his hit% will drop like a rock since in fighter mode building hit and stuff are recorded as misses.  

There are way to many variables to rank to determine if a person is good or not. If you have played the game for any length of time, people just know who are the elite video game players are. (hard to say there a good pilot when this is a game)

That's just my 2 cents on determining who is good or not by the stats. (ya can't really)
Rank and Stats... bottom line, means squat. Except like someone else pointed out....getting your name on the home page once a month and to be able to be the Supreme Commander of the CV's