BigJim I started shooting at 1400 yds on my FE, and that was mainly to make sure I was hitting you when you actually entered lethal range of me guns because you were flying a hawg, and I assumed it was a -1C. Those are the only birds that really worry me when I'm in a buff. Pieces of your bird dinnae start flying off on my FE until 700yds, and the approach you used had both the tail guns and upper turret firing on you.
And the netlag issue, in our situation today, when I started shooting at 1400yds on me FE, you shoulda been seeing me at about 1100yds. Netlag makes the bird on your six appear to be farther away. Conversely, a bird at your 12oc you will see closer to you than he sees (you see 1000yds, he sees 1300-1400yds)
And the guns were turned down in version 1, or the hardness of the fighters turned up, or something, but something has happened to the buff guns. Once upon a time I was damn near untouchable until I ran out of ammo. Now I'm lucky if I kill a bandit and keep flying. Any of the sharp shooters get on me and that's it, send the notice to me next of kin, because I have 0 chance of surviving, even if I take them down since the guns were fubared (and it's not my gunnery, I'm a damned fine shot in the buffs)