Question for all the people who call the spitfire 16 a noob plane.

[stickpig]

This is always a good topic to debate.

Fly what ever you want, its a game.

Also there are guys who are so dominating in P-38's , 109's and such that they land 5-6 kills every time they up.

Now people say they wont fly spits because there is no challenge..... Well the dominate pilots in 38's and 109's etc are these planes still a challenge to fly? They fly them exclusively and fly them well.

So challenge your self.... get out of that P-38 or 109, or 190....

Fly an f4 or an A20 or something.

I also wonder how these guys would do if they had to fly spits for a tour? Being they are so easy mode they should be unstopable

[Knite]

Question for all the people who call the spitfire 16 a noob plane.
In real life if you were a part of the RAF and you were assigned to fly Spitfire mk XVI, would you say "I'm not flying that thing, it's a noob plane"?

I think my response would be along the lines of...

"Sir, yes sir. May I speak freely? I feel that my assignment to a Spitfire Mk XVI is not the most efficient allocation of resources. With the time and money spent on my training, would it not be possible I be assigned to a Harrier GR9 or Eurofighter Typhoon so I have some hope of survival?"

[Anaxogoras]

There are lots of good choices for base defense besides the XVI:

Spit VIII
Spit IX
Ki-84
La-7/5
N1K
Any 109 from F-k
Yak-9U
A6M5

[Chalenge]

There are a lot more choices than just those! Jug P51 and Typhoon just to name a few.

[Larry]

There are lots of good choices for base defense besides the XVI:

Spit VIII
Spit IX
Ki-84
La-7/5
N1K
Any 109 from F-k
Yak-9U
A6M5

IL2 with the big guns. I love the 1k tater hits when they over shoot then getting called a cheater for it.

[Shuffler]

This is always a good topic to debate.

Fly what ever you want, its a game.

Also there are guys who are so dominating in P-38's , 109's and such that they land 5-6 kills every time they up.

Now people say they wont fly spits because there is no challenge..... Well the dominate pilots in 38's and 109's etc are these planes still a challenge to fly? They fly them exclusively and fly them well.

So challenge your self.... get out of that P-38 or 109, or 190....

Fly an f4 or an A20 or something.

I also wonder how these guys would do if they had to fly spits for a tour? Being they are so easy mode they should be unstopable

Stick I have flown the A20 on several occasions. I find it to be a nice plane against fighters or bombers. I have tried several other planes and they seemed very quick and easy to maneuver. I believe that the folks who fly the more challenging planes, whatever that may be, will find the other aircraft rather user friendly.

[Ack-Ack]

What I really hate is when people who have been here for years fly it instead of moving on to something harder to fly.

Sounds like that is more of your problem than the other players.  Why do you care if a veteran player decideds to fly the Spitfire?  Were is it written that if you reach a certain level of experience that you should hop into a more 'advanced' plane?  


ack-ack

[Ack-Ack]

Great plane for learning, but probably not a plane that will get you much respect even if flown well.

Lev was a respected player and he could pretty much out fly anyone in a Spitfire.


ack-ack

[Larry]

Sounds like that is more of your problem than the other players.  Why do you care if a veteran player decideds to fly the Spitfire?  Were is it written that if you reach a certain level of experience that you should hop into a more 'advanced' plane?  


ack-ack

yawn.

[Ack-Ack]

yawn.

Can't answer a couple of simple questions?


ack-ack

[Larry]

Come on you can troll better then that little one.

[Ack-Ack]

Come on you can troll better then that little one.

It's not a troll.  You're claiming that as an excuse to avoid answering two very simple questions for which you don't obviously have an answer for.  You're dismissed child.


ack-ack

[Larry]

There you go that's a little better. The real question is why do you care what I think? Your trolls are getting sad Mrs. akak I think you need some more pratice.

[BaldEagl]

I fly the XVI as one of my primary rides (along with the Bf109K-4, F6F-5 and FW190A-8); probably my primary ride.  I've also learned to fly every plane in the planeset but I still come back to the XVI and I don't really care what anyone else thinks.  I've been flying Spits since AW in '96 and I'm not going to change now.   

[Hoarach]

Spit 16 does take little skill to fly. 

Flying those harder planes such as a p38 or 109 exclusively makes flying easier planes that much easier.  I remember upping a spit 16 for base defense of a field that was getting close to being capped and even just after takeoff, it was easy outmanuever planes that were trying to pick and gangbang me.  Its a lot easier to win those 5v1s or better in a spit 16 than a 38 imo and I believe the spit 16 is a joke for that exact reason.  When it can be considered easy to win against those kind of odds, and not challenging at all its definitely the plane.

If it were spits offered in a scenario or FSO I would of signed up for another plane or fly with a different squad or not fly it all.  The spit 16 takes little to no skill to fly.