Couple of things:
detch01, that was a hilarious analogy. Gross, but funny.
Second of all, I hate to see the MA alt-monkey/HO/Horde stench seeping into the AvA, but I suppose it's inevitable, same way it did to EW/MW two weeks after the arena split.
Case in point, last night was wrangling with someone in a 109 (which I hate btw but was flying Luftwaffle to even the numbers) when he made two HO passes, firing both times. Got my oil on the second one. I texted on 200 that I was going to go land and deny the kill to whoever it was that HOed me. Turns out it was Jester from the 880, I was floored. He told me (and I paraphrase) that a shot is a shot. Must have been during or after a 'thugging' session. *sigh*
Anyways, I don't know what to say about it, if I continue to fly in the AvA and not take those HO shots, I risk getting shot in the face consistently by people I really don't expect to do that. I hate to stoop to the lowest common denominator, but I will not submit to being HO target practice for dweebs.
Like someone said in another thread, it's always going to be easier to just go into the hangar and pick a big cannon package and go shoot people in the face than it is to learn/use acm and tactics, so that will never go away. However I show up in the AvA partly because I hope to see a lot less of it there. I have no problem with getting my bellybutton handed to me by a better pilot, but it really takes very little skill to line up a HO shot and zoom by. 1v1, what's the point?
As for the Hurri (and other historically inept cannon planes), I agree there might be something wrong with the Hurricane modeling, it might be a little too uber to be realistic. However, I think the differences in tactics between real WWII fighting and this game might be the actual problem. Whereas lack of top speed isn't nearly as important here in the tight furball, it might have been a deal breaker in reality. Also the factor of self-preservation is missing in the game... I'll leave it to you to figure that out.
I certainly don't see what the problem is with the Spits. the 109 G2/6 is certainly its equal if not superior in most aspects, except sustained turn rate. I enjoy flying the Spit 5 and 9 very much, but I wouldn't say they are uber in any way. I truly HATE the visibility in the 109, but if it weren't for that they would probably be my ride of choice, it's got a much better feel (to me) than the Spit.
And to what storch said, I have to agree that I've never seen him initiate a buffer war, but man, can he get people worked up. Most of the time it's kind of funny, but sometimes it gets really tiresome. The pissing matches between JG54 and 880Sqn are getting really old and I could definitely do without having to see that crap on 200.
I don't have a problem with JG54, I think they fight very well, they don't usually HO and they are all very skilled pilots. Not the most polite fellows, but hey, they're Krauts, what do you expect?
