Ok. In my opinion, the 190, all of them but especially the 190A8, is the most poorly flown plane in the game.
I am NOT a 190 guru. In fact I don't even consider myself fair in them. My skill in the 190 lies somewhere between the Hellcat and the P-38. But, about a year ago I did a 'tour' in the 190A5 and I found it to be a capable plane in the MA. I wasn't spectacular, but it can hold its own if you take the time to fly it. A very memorable fight was when I ended up on the deck with a pair of P-47D40's on my 6. These guys were just chewing me up, bit by bit. Somehow, by utilizing the awesome roll rate to just keep jinking, and taking alot of 50 cal, I was able to evade maybe 2-3 hard minutes until a friendly swiped them both off.
Anyway, the 190 seems to be a 1 trick pony (pun intended) in the MA anymore. Or maybe always. Maybe I just never noticed. I seem to catch nearly every 190A8 I've ever seen doing one of two things; occasionally both for variety. They will either:
1. Pork the radar (suicide optional); then the 1a. plan would be to reverse and shoot anything and everything on the field over and over until caught, pinned, and killed (or suicided).
2. Vulch. Plain and simple. Run down the runway, reverse, do it again, reverse, and so on until caught, pinned, and killed...suicide is the 2a. plan.
Now, there is a variant. This is the 'astro-190' (tm). This guy comes in at high alt (high being whatever is higher than everyone else). He sits, looks for a pick (or bnz if you will). After his run, he might reposition and try again. More likely, someone is going to force him down. Then he's going to:
1. Go to the deck and run.
1a. Go to the deck and run, but then at D400 he's going to bury the stick left/right and start rolling uncontrollably (we don't need no stinking controlled flight here).
2. Go to the deck, run to my field and then proceed to any of the options above.
3. Go to the deck and then HO anything and everything he sees until he is caught, pinned, and killed. Ram is optional.
In and of itself, it doesn't bother me all that much. I don't see the fun in that, but it's not my $15. So why post? Because the 190 is a nice plane. I mean, it's a really nice plane. It's capable. I've been pwned by guys like Dedalos and Storch and Trukill in them enough to know that it can outfly someone in a Spit (like me). I suppose it takes some finesse to fly well, but it's not the hardest plane in the set to fly. That honor goes to the P-38.
It makes me sad that so many folks don't take the time to learn the plane and, instead, use it in these ways. The 190 was a capable and feared plane in WW2 and, in this game, it's a cannon platform for the suicide porker, vulch dweeb, and general lamer. The plane is better than that. Folks should take the time to realize this.
