i used to love the 38L but now I'm leaning toward the J
Never understood those comments. If you can't win a fight in the L, what makes you think you'll win one in the J? Whatever you can do in the J, you can do in the L and expect the same results.
I'm not saying it's the case with you but I know a lot of the more experienced P-38 drivers fly the J, so other players will assume that the J is the uber of the 3 P-38s and gravitate towards the J. Once they get experience they'll realize that there is no real performance difference between the J and the L in this game other than the L tends to fly more crisply and is more responsive in control over the J. YMMV.
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