Author Topic: Most popular fighter in the MA? (Read 1836 times)

gofaster · « **on:** January 30, 2006, 01:27:54 PM »

Didn't someone once post the rankings of the most-often-used fighters in the MA? With the introduction of the new aircraft, I'd be interested in knowing the split amongst the various Spitfire models and how low the 109's sink in the rankings.

Casper1 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 30, 2006, 01:40:56 PM »

I think this may be the thread you are looking for:

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=168058

Stang · « **Reply #2 on:** January 30, 2006, 01:41:14 PM »

Someone posted last camp about plane usage, but the spitXVI is by far the most used plane in the MA, followed by the La7. I think the first 109 didn't even rank in the top 10.

Edit: Ok, top 17, lol.

wetrat · « **Reply #3 on:** January 30, 2006, 03:52:19 PM »

How awesome is the 109?! 2nd (maybe 3rd) best known ww2 fighter, and none of them are even in the top 15. I guess noone wants to stoop so low as to fly the LW ezmode birds.

Pooface · « **Reply #4 on:** January 30, 2006, 03:57:11 PM »

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How awesome is the 109?! 2nd (maybe 3rd) best known ww2 fighter, and none of them are even in the top 15. I guess noone wants to stoop so low as to fly the LW ezmode birds.

lol. the thing is, as a brit i like to fly my spit, and hate when people tell me im a lame easy mode dweeb because i fly a 'dweeby' spitfire. yet these guys are flying lgays and all kinds of runtard planes. most of you guys will know im the first to dive intoa furball, no matter the odds, and always the last one to leave, and, well, i am pretty good in a spit i guess, and i too am exremely annoyed whena spitfire HO's me, and all the dweebs just being skilless in them. yet somehow all spit pilots, no matter what ability, seem to get stick from runtards. i just find it kind of annoying sometimes. im sure someone knows what i mean

gofaster · « **Reply #5 on:** January 30, 2006, 04:26:59 PM »

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Originally posted by Casper1
I think this may be the thread you are looking for:

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=168058

That's the one. I'm more than a little surprised how quickly the Spit IX was dumped in favor of the Spit XVI, and how far the once-popular ride has fallen in the charts.

Rank Type Kills Deaths K-% K/D
1 Spitfire XVI 43991 38519 10.85 1.14
7 SeaFire 16085 18221 3.97 0.88
20 Spitfire VIII 7679 8698 1.89 0.88
27 Spitfire IX 4435 5127 1.09 0.87
31 Spitfire V 3306 5895 0.82 0.56

I'm also surprised at the shuffle of the 109s:

Rank Type Kills Deaths K-% K/D
17 Bf 109K-4 8149 5412 2.01 1.51
26 Bf 109G-14 4605 4233 1.14 1.09
35 Bf 109G-2 2212 1885 0.55 1.17
40 Bf 109G-6 1628 1906 0.40 0.85
46 Bf 109F-4 1020 1245 0.25 0.82

I always thought the old G-10 was better off with gondolas than with the 30mm. Right now I'm doing better in the G-14 and I am in the 109K.

I'm also surprised that the F-4 is rated so far below the G-2. I consider the F-4 to be the better dogfighter of those two.

wetrat · « **Reply #6 on:** January 30, 2006, 04:27:06 PM »

Well, I'm Canadian, so I too have an excuse to fly the sissyfires and noobstangs... but I don't

And yeah gofaster, the G14/K4 difference is strange to me as well... by me, the G14 feels pretty much like the G6 of old. Maybe a little more nimble, but not much. The K4 is supposedly the G10... I always used 30's, so that's moot. Back when the G10 was still the G10 and the G6 was still the G6, the G10 was better in absolutely every way, and I'd only fly the G6 if I was feeling masochistic. Now, it's pretty much the other way around... 81-10 in the G14, 87-12 in the G2 vs. 90-32 in the K4. I fly the G14 and K4 the exact same in every way (obviously with slightly less vertical muscle in hte G14), but the G14 seems to do my thing for me better. Regardless of the fact that, technically, the K4 is the better fighter. Weird. The G2 would be, hands down, the best dogfighter of the three if it had a 30mm option, but it doesn't... so you either fly it in pig-mode with gondies, or tickle people to death with 2x7 and 1x20.

Mustaine · « **Reply #7 on:** January 30, 2006, 04:33:10 PM »

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Originally posted by gofaster
That's the one. I'm more than a little surprised how quickly the Spit IX was dumped in favor of the Spit XVI, and how far the once-popular ride has fallen in the charts.

actually if you look back, the spit V i believe was more used than the IX for quite a few months (before the remodel, and when the V had that extra boost)

Kev367th · « **Reply #8 on:** January 30, 2006, 04:42:10 PM »

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Originally posted by gofaster
That's the one. I'm more than a little surprised how quickly the Spit IX was dumped in favor of the Spit XVI, and how far the once-popular ride has fallen in the charts.

Shouldn't be.
The LF XVI is far more suited to our low alt furballs than the F IX.

As the previous poster stated even the V (old one) overtook the IX in usage.

ColdKill · « **Reply #9 on:** January 30, 2006, 04:47:31 PM »

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Well, I'm Canadian, so I too have an excuse to fly the sissyfires and noobstangs... but I don't

And yeah gofaster, the G14/K4 difference is strange to me as well... by me, the G14 feels pretty much like the G6 of old. Maybe a little more nimble, but not much. The K4 is supposedly the G10... I always used 30's, so that's moot. Back when the G10 was still the G10 and the G6 was still the G6, the G10 was better in absolutely every way, and I'd only fly the G6 if I was feeling masochistic. Now, it's pretty much the other way around... 81-10 in the G14, 87-12 in the G2 vs. 90-32 in the K4. I fly the G14 and K4 the exact same in every way (obviously with slightly less vertical muscle in hte G14), but the G14 seems to do my thing for me better. Regardless of the fact that, technically, the K4 is the better fighter. Weird. The G2 would be, hands down, the best dogfighter of the three if it had a 30mm option, but it doesn't... so you either fly it in pig-mode with gondies, or tickle people to death with 2x7 and 1x20.

109's any model at 20 paces? You in?

Roscoroo · « **Reply #10 on:** January 30, 2006, 05:05:25 PM »

1 Spitfire XVI 43991 38519 10.85 1.14

I remember when the Chog got Perked for that kinda kill % also ...

So whats really going on ... Unperk the Chog and the spit 14 ... or balance this out and Perk that pesky spit 16 ....

Or Just rename the MA to the "SPIT 16 Arena"

And while I have your attention ... Whats up with the 50 cals , they dont seam to have any power anymore ..

"Our 50 cal's would Cut a boxcar in half" (I forgot who quoted this but it was one of the WW2 Jug Pilots)

wetrat · « **Reply #11 on:** January 30, 2006, 05:09:04 PM »

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109's any model at 20 paces? You in?

Supersoakers at dawn.

ColdKill · « **Reply #12 on:** January 30, 2006, 05:10:33 PM »

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Supersoakers at dawn.

Oleg · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2006, 12:54:07 AM »

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Whats up with the 50 cals , they dont seam to have any power anymore ..

gofaster · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2006, 08:15:36 AM »

You know what I miss the most about the Spitfire IX? The option to carry the twin .50s instead of the quad .303s.

Bring back the Brownings!