Well Bruno,
you should then know that to be efficient in buff hunting in the long period (I mean hundreds of kills for many TOD's):
- You need to be fast during multiple attacks. The single 30mm burst from 200yds usually means pure luck and a sleeping or busy buff pilot.
- You often need to fire with some deflection, and the 30mm doesnt allow any deflection at high speed.
- You often need to attack with HOs and begin to fire at 500yds for about half/one (a) second and the single 30mm weapon is not the right weapon.
- You need a good ammo load and 65 rounds are not the optimum.
- You need skills: real buff hunting is at altitude, not the lucky jump on a 5K flying Lancaster formation. Up there you need the right aircraft and the right weapon.
In other words the single 30mm, even if deadly, oblige you to *stay there*, close to the buff, for some seconds. The kill in these conditions, with enuff numbers analyzed (*many* kills in *many* TODs) means generally *luck*, not *skill*.
We dont have radar guide to pick bombers climbing and assembling, we dont have the time to assemble FW190A-7/8s, covered by high flying 109G-sK and 190D-9s. We play in the Main, we are often alone and the buff encounters at medium-high altitude are often due to pure luck or a very good experienced eye on the radar. We are not in a Scenario where all this things are planned in advance.
BTW, I expected remarks from players used to double standards: consider only *how many* loadout options have the P-51s and P-47s, even if you consider only the Brownings numbers and ammo loadout. Thinking about those options the K-4 with pods issue looks ridiculous.
It is not difficult to understand that the Rustsatze system means *no standardization*. It means we cannot demonstrate how many G-6, G-14 and K-4 were delivered with or without pods, how many were mounted or dismounted by ground crews, how many pilots changed their decisions during the war.
It means we have little defence against players that dont want a good buff interceptor like the one we had. And this is normal competition in a game. The problem is that even LW experten are now arguing against it, go figure ....