Wait...I thought that was the Spitfire Mk XVI....
Now I am confused.....
The new N1K2-J looks good, and yes, it should have the autoflaps. It had them in reality, it should have them here too. And opnents can learn how to take advantage of the fact they they always come out.
Ok this post will likely go off topic.. but... here goes..
Honestly even though they are "easy" rides, Spit 16's have never really bugged me.. typically if one kills me, it's likely because I did something wrong during the fight, assuming it wasn't a pick . Nik2's on the other hand are far more Dweeby IMO because with four 20MM's it only takes one lucky spray and pray shot to damage your plane. So I tend to think of Niki's as more of a skill less dweeb plane, simply because it's often only the sheer amount of lead they spray out that tends to do the damage, not proper ACM or aim.
With that said I was actually killed by Spit 16's more than Nik2's last tour.
I killed only 20 Spit16's and was killed 15 times by them during tour 102. That's my worst kill to death ratio for the tour so maybe I should give them a bit more thought. Overall, I just don't perceive them as much of a threat in most situations.
With Niki2's
I killed 43 & was only killed 10 times by them. However I have had to RTB countless times because of spray & Pray Niki dweebs hitting one or more flight controls. Yet it seems by stats almost none can ever actually finish the job of killing me. Either I still kill them while damaged or I'm able to simply RTB.
It comes down to either the fact I perceive Nik2's as more of a threat and do my best to dispatch them as fast as possible or the average Niki2 pilot sucks mucho grandee. Either way I can tell you if I've been killed by a Niki's it was either a total pick or a lucky spray and pray dweeb. I honestly can't think of any fight vs a Nik2, that I thought the pilot was actually good.
That's not just because I think it's a dweeb plane, I mean I consider LA7's dweeb planes but I've still fought some skilled pilots in them. Nik2's I just can't think of any fight that was actually good enough to remember. As a side note, I've also had some good fights against Spit16's.
Now getting off topic even more...(someone stop me
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Oddly enough the plane that had the most kills on me last tour, was Seafires with 37 deaths to that plane and I don't even think of that plane as a "real" threat. However I killed 67 seafires that same tour. All other Spit's combined only killed me a total of 5 times.
F6F's come in second place killing me a total of 23 times and me killing 81 of them. A6M5's are third on the list with me killing 59 and being killed 21 times by them. My stats maybe a bit skewed though, because most of my fighting in the last tour has been at bases under attack by CV's. I typically up a 109 K4 at bases under attack and fight under 3k (because of Puffy) in among all the TnB CV planes.
Lately I've just been tired of flying 10 or 15 mins to another base just to get ganged, so I just up at capped bases or fight off CV attacks for faster action.
