Originally posted by Brooke
For folks here who have flown the La 7 a bit and yet would not pick it as the best non-perk plane, why is that?
As a very average stick who flies the La7 alot I can comment with out the "experten" tag.
Sub 10K
Of course its always the pilot that makes the real difference but if I am approaching combat (in an La7) roughly co-e then the F4u-4 and the Tempest are the ones I am particularly wary of.....which is fun because one looks like any other hog and the other like a typhie until your up close.
N1K2's, SpitXVI's and SpitXIV's are fun fights starting co-e well matched to a co-e La7 IMO. Of course other La7's.
SpitIX's and Spit VIII's can be fun but often play out to a draw or end with a lucky snap shot if both planes are flown with equal ability. Basically letting one of these sap you to a low e turn fight is dumb....your just hoping the other player has limited skill.
Stuff I really dont like above me is typically Spits in particular SpitIX's and SpitVIII's, N1K2's with an e advantage control the fight unless I can get some sort of reversal (and if I do its a pilot thing not an ac thing). But then any thing above you can be dangerous given the pilot has even the same skill as you.
10K-15K
Loads of stuff gets interesting here. The Tempest and the F4u-4 even more so.
But there are quite a plethora of AC that come under the "well matched" heading in this alt range.
15k+
What are you nuts? Yes i have had some fun fights up here but not because the planes are well matched.
Having said all that 1 v1's are rare and alot of what happens in the MA is # v # of some mix or another, never or very rarely co-e.
