I haven't logged into other arenas save checking out the EWA in the first week and flying twice with my squadron in LWA. This is the place for me.
all things considered, the MW arena isn't for newbies.
I couldn't disagree with you more. The MW is a great place for newbies, just as any other arenas or better. Having La7s or Spit 16s does not make a good newbie arena. Having both a diverse and a balanced plane set does make one.
In addition, the more relaxed nature of MWA allows a newbie to ask questions and be answered or even have a serious channel 200 talk with the guy who shot him down. On several occasions I have explained newbies (I think they were) exactly why a P47 can "out turn" a spit and what they did wrong. Some of them even had the nerve to come back and shoot me down (the chickie bastards).
MWA is the closest to the old MA spirit (not that one, even older...). It's not land grab craziness or totally lacking in bombers and attackers like EWA. It has representative models from all major plane lines of WWII. Only down side is that it suffers during USA off hours.
Thank you HTC for making it. Come on people, login and share the joy!