I've always been in favor or perking the lamer7. The simple reason for it is that it's too good in both areas of fighting. Ideally, planes in AH should fall into 1 of 2 camps. Either they turn really well but are relatively slow, or they're fast as Hell but don't turn worth a bish IOU. The lamer7 is one of the very fastest unperked planes in the game, AND it turns quite well besides. Therefore, it can run down just about everything and then often out-turn it when it catches up. That is WRONG. But it's why so many folks fly it.
The top 10 planes in the MA every month, in terms of sorties, have always been more or less the same ever since the chog got perked. The only difference since the new spits came out is the types of spits on the list, but spits are always there, usually 2 or 3 models of them. I guarantee you that if you perked the lamer7 like the chog, you'd see a lot more variety. With the lamer7 so common, those who want any chance of survival and have any interest in E-fighting (as opposed to the kamikaze porkdweeb crowd) HAVE to fly a very fast plane, such as the Dora, G10/K4, or 51. There are plenty of other good planes out there for E-fighting the rest of the planeset, but with the lamer7 always out in numbers, these planes are hopeless.
The chog got perked because it was too attractive to the masses, and that really limited the options of everybody else. The lamer7 has the same appeal, although for different reasons, and it has exactly the same effects on that portion of the community that retains self-respect. Therefore, following the same logic, HTC should perk the lamer7. It's simply bad for the arena to have it out there in such numbers.
