Let's see... shall I take off from that base with 8 Rook P-51s orbiting at 18K, 2 262's power vulching the runway, and a few LA's buzzing around for good measure just so I can "get good," or might I find it a tad more enjoyable to up off a runway somewhere else? Go make yourself a screen print of the Rook-Bish map front on any given night then preach to me about hordes. You want to condemn them, fine. Apply it to ALL sides.
There is such a thing as setting out to accomplish an objective and doing it in the smartest, most efficient way possible. Like that raid on Field 96 down by Rook HQ on the last map. We had to sneak two airfields to get within striking range while still not tipping our hand at the ultimate target. It went pretty good, too, until that opposition you say is never there suddenly showed up. I suppose all our 110s that were there to take down the town buildings, had they followed your advice, would be just fine taking on a bunch of LAs, Spits, Nikis, P-51s, and a 262, but somehow I don't think so. There is such a thing as choosing a plane for a purpose, and to be honest I don't see many guys flying a 110 into a furball to demonstrate their superior fighter jock skills, do you? If you think about that, it might explain why when flying a non-efficient fighter one might choose to go in undetected. The plan was to drop town, not dogfight.
I don't even have the slightest clue what stats you are referring to, nor do I care, Laz. I play to have fun, and that could be anything from taking out a CV that's giving an enemy team an advantage we don't want, or maybe just resupplying a base to get troops up. Sometimes you die doing that, but so what? It's the challenge of trying that makes the game fun. I could care less whether I died 2 times or 20 times yesterday; today is a new day with new dynamics of sides hence more choices of what to do and where.
If you want to furball and be the best you can at that, more power to you. But I think it's a mistake to judge everyone else and try to compress them into your mold. Furballs are fun for about 10 minutes for me, after that it's just going roundy-round until some guy you don't see joins the fight and puts you down. That's why I prefer bombing to fighters. I have no desire to do the same thing over and over and over again just to improve that one skill to be acceptable to someone else. It's my 15 bucks, and I'm going to spend it doing what I choose, whether that's above or below an artificial bar set by someone else.
Happy flying.
