Has the LA7 regained it's throne...

[Guppy35]

as the favorite ride of the masses?

Seems like I'm seeing them more and more after what seemed to be a bit of a down swing.

Most if not all seem to be firing from 1K+ out and going light speed too.

Seemed to be nothing but LAs, N1Ks and Spit 16s yesterday.

[Saxman]

I dunno, I saw a pretty balanced variety at the A4 furball last night in LWB.

[DoNKeY]

Hmm I definitely saw a lot of LA's last night, but then again our squad and some others were attacking 48 I think it was, so it was like a point defense type of thing.  Lots of LA's and Il2's hehe.  

donkey


PS:  Wouldn't mind if people were trading in their spit's for la's.

[1Boner]

Originally posted by Guppy35
as the favorite ride of the masses?

Seems like I'm seeing them more and more after what seemed to be a bit of a down swing.

Most if not all seem to be firing from 1K+ out and going light speed too.

Seemed to be nothing but LAs, N1Ks and Spit 16s yesterday.

I keep hearing about all the La7s.

But the planes i see the most of are P-51s and 109/190s

And of course if you climb up into outerspace  thats where you see the elitists in the heavy perk planes (temps,262s etc.)

They must be up that high to find a "good fight".

[DoNKeY]

Originally posted by 1Boner
I keep hearing about all the La7s.

But the planes i see the most of are P-51s and 109/190s

And of course if you climb up into outerspace  thats where you see the elitists in the heavy perk planes (temps,262s etc.)

They must be up that high to find a "good fight".

Honestly, I havn't even seen that many pony's this tour.

[RumbleB]

Originally posted by 1Boner
I keep hearing about all the La7s.

But the planes i see the most of are P-51s and 109/190s

And of course if you climb up into outerspace  thats where you see the elitists in the heavy perk planes (temps,262s etc.)

I fly temps lower than I fly p51s 109 190s (there's a reason for this, can you guess)... I'm pretty much never above cloud cover in either of them so.

For every la7 newbie who retires into a different plane there's another one to take his place. Don't worry hehe.

[Fulmar]

Honestly, I still see more Spitdweebs than LaLaLas under 3k.  I see the game as quite different the higher off the ground and farther away from the base you get

[Husky01]

Originally posted by Guppy35
as the favorite ride of the masses?

Seems like I'm seeing them more and more after what seemed to be a bit of a down swing.
 

No clue, I haven't been in the main arena for a lil over a week now. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the La7 is back to being the favorite ride of the masses.

[Emu]

I do see a lot of Ponys lately.  Dont think so about Las, unless a horde is attacking a base.  Other than that, lots of 109s and Spits (VIII, IX, XVI).

[bparker]

Originally posted by RumbleB
I fly temps lower than I fly p51s 109 190s (there's a reason for this, can you guess)... I'm pretty much never above cloud cover in either of them so.

For every la7 newbie who retires into a different plane there's another one to take his place. Don't worry hehe.

I totally agree with the continual influx of LA7 pilots, but if these noobies really wanted to learn to fly they would train in A6Ms where its learn ACM or die. Unfortunitly there is no one to tell them that so they just up the fastest lamest plane they can get without perks.

[Fulmar]

Originally posted by bparker
but if these noobies really wanted to learn to fly they would train in A6Ms where its learn ACM or die.

I'm not so sure about that.  95% of all pilots that enter the game for the first time ever have one ACM.  It's called:  PULL ON THAT STICK AS HARD AS POSSIBLE IN A CIRCLE.  The Zero will only promote this ACM for new pilots.

[BaldEagl]

For the past 6 months (what I have data handy for):

Month  July   Aug   Sept   Oct   Nov   Dec
K+D (La-7) 56,096   64,997   63,328   60,972   59,641   63,328
K+D (all)  1,422,087   1,431,208   1,406,843   1,350,128   1,415,132   1,406,843
% of all (La-7)  4%   5%   5%   5%   4%   5%

[SuBWaYCH]

Flying something like a P-38/P-47 will really force you to use ACM.

[crockett]

The only time LA's that  tick me off is when they climb for ground level to 6k with no issues at all.  There are very few times I really worry about an LA7, unless my plane is damaged or I'm out numbered.

The plane I hate the most, is the Nikki.. Not because it's that great of a plane, but because 99% of the dweebs that fly them do "nothing" and I mean "nothing" but HO. It's almost a given if you see a Nikki that he will try to HO you. Rams and HO's are about the only ACM most nikki pilots know how to do, it's sad too because the plane turns pretty well and there is almost no reason to HO in it.

LA's in most cases are so easy to out turn, the only time I really consider them a threat, is if I'm out numbered or if my plane is shot up.  If it's a 1 on 1, I'm rarely ever worried about an LA. Simply because 9 out of 10 people who fly them have no clue how to use the plane. So in most cases, soon as you get on their six, they run away like a little school girl.

Spit 16's don't even bug me at all, I typically look at any spit as a easy kill, simply because it's so easy to knock the wings off them.

[Stang]

Corky don't flip cause you saw me land kills in one last night.