Perking Spit 16

[321BAR]

all the yaks  will do is try high speed circles ( you know the c205 thingy ), when that doesn't work, they will dive and run like hell.  same for f4u's except f4u will hover above everybody and pick or try to rope then dive away and run.  there's a few people that will actually dogfite in fast planes f4u's, la7's p38's, ponies, etc. but most will run when encountering the spits.  somebody really wants to show some skill, get a spit, hurricane, zero or whichever plane you prefer get a couple of kills and survive without running.  now that's skill.  not just roping or picking a bunch of guys, that's just patience (boring, I call it).   but perk or no perk some people are glad when they see a spit around to save/help when needed  .

semp

ok. two things, a good pilot will go in with a hurri or a spit or a zero AND leave to land with those kills not just "survive". and btw, the patience tactic aka what you say is picking can be achieved by ALL 3 of these aircraft listed... I usually fly to 20k in a zeke then pick 1 or 2 before i turnfight the rest, usually this tactic will work if ur alone and can also be done by the "picker" planes like ponies and jugs. A good pilot knows his fight be it agressive or offensive or defensive etc etc etc... also, it helps if you got a wingman to assist you when youre rtb. im great in a zeke but almost always its the pilots around me that deserve the credit for me landing my kills.   to all the pilots who got people's backs
modify: btw, the spit16 should stay unperked unless HTC decides to add the 266 merlin into it instead of their game version merlin 66

[Ruah]

What, so if I fly a Spit, or a yak, or a f4u, or anything other then a hurry or a zero and I manage to pull a win - then its because the plane is good?  Srsly, if people really feel that these planes are overpowered for some reason then they can easliy just fly them.  There is no one stopping you.

I fly planes because I like their histories and because I like the challange not because I'm Min/Maxing with internet airplanes - its no big deal for me to get killed by a spit or whatever - its not like I am losing anything by dying.  And I certainly do not come here crying about it (I don't even keep 200 open - it makes me sick how much emo crap is going on in there). 

Should the spit 16 be perked?  Well, that ends with the LA-7, P-51, the K4 and a few other planes getting perked - and even then, people will still find the 'best' and call people who fly those noobs, cheaters, whatevers.  It will happen once WWI planes are released too - it happens in every combat mmo I have ever played in.  I don't fly the Yak because its a challange - I fly it because its a very frustrating plane to fly, and I get satisfaction from doing it well - that does not make me leet, it makes me lucky.

[321BAR]

you can fly a yak get kills and not be lucky ruah, look at chanzz and chewi for instance.

[Plawranc]

I like to use myself as an example.

You put me in the same aircraft as you and I can more than likely beat you. Put me in a Spit 16 I can beat almost everyone in the game ( Allowing for Grizz and Bruv and people of the like who rape the living bajesus out of me ).

Does this make me any more of a noob? no. Why?

Because the 38 and 51 pilots who have "skills" land kills by playing the strengths of their aircraft which are speed and picking. I play to the advantage of the Spitfire which is Roll and Turn with fantastic E retention.

I was fighting a brilliant KI pilot the other night, people say that the Spixteen should easily beat it. With an average pilot yes. But a pilot who knows his plane and uses its advantage will ALWAYS win a fight. I beat Spit 16s in a 38 J and G because I use energy tactics.

Pilot not plane, for the bajillionth time in this thread.

[caldera]

I like to use myself as an example.

You put me in the same aircraft as you and I can more than likely beat you. Put me in a Spit 16 I can beat almost everyone in the game

Your ego is reaching critical mass.

[321BAR]

more like his ego is aging like a sun before it supernovas and becomes a black hole and sucks us in...

[PJ_Godzilla]

more like his ego is aging like a sun before it supernovas and becomes a black hole and sucks us in...

More like, his ego is coalescing into a solid mass inside a tubelike structure, blocked on one end. In there, it gestates as additional mass arrives via the open end. There it outgases and ferments and grows until a parastaltic process pushes the overlarge size 16 ego painfully out through a size 10 hole.

It is beached at that point and becomes a source of great pride for its author, a noxious, pungent, and unsanitary eyesore for everyone else.

[321BAR]

More like, his ego is coalescing into a solid mass inside a tubelike structure, blocked on one end. In there, it gestates as additional mass arrives via the open end. There it outgases and ferments and grows until a parastaltic process pushes the overlarge size 16 ego painfully out through a size 10 hole.

It is beached at that point and becomes a source of great pride for its author, a noxious, pungent, and unsanitary eyesore for everyone else.

  i thought i got the peak of the laughter with what i said im still laughing cuz of this... well thought out man!

[Guppy35]

I like to use myself as an example.

You put me in the same aircraft as you and I can more than likely beat you. Put me in a Spit 16 I can beat almost everyone in the game ( Allowing for Grizz and Bruv and people of the like who rape the living bajesus out of me ).

Does this make me any more of a noob? no. Why?

Because the 38 and 51 pilots who have "skills" land kills by playing the strengths of their aircraft which are speed and picking. I play to the advantage of the Spitfire which is Roll and Turn with fantastic E retention.

I was fighting a brilliant KI pilot the other night, people say that the Spixteen should easily beat it. With an average pilot yes. But a pilot who knows his plane and uses its advantage will ALWAYS win a fight. I beat Spit 16s in a 38 J and G because I use energy tactics.

Pilot not plane, for the bajillionth time in this thread.

I'd suggest you not categorize 38 pilots so narrowly.  While I confess I don't land a lot of kills, I sure do enjoy fighting 16s on the deck low and slow in turnfights.  More often then not, it's the 16 that's broken unless he gets help

[stodd]

I like to use myself as an example.

You put me in the same aircraft as you and I can more than likely beat you. Put me in a Spit 16 I can beat almost everyone in the game ( Allowing for Grizz and Bruv and people of the like who rape the living bajesus out of me ).

Bows respectfully.




 

[Kev367th]

btw, the spit16 should stay unperked unless HTC decides to add the 266 merlin into it instead of their game version merlin 66

Confused!

A Merlin 266 is a Merlin 66 built in the U.S.
The 2 prefix for all Merlin variants signified a  Merlin built overseas.

ONLY difference is the 266 has a FTH 1000ft higher than the 66, hardly a perkworthy difference.

[edit] Unless you mean 25lbs boost in which case both the the 66 (May/June 44) and the 266 (Dec 44) used it.
Still probably not perkworthy for 5 mins of boost.

[Ack-Ack]

I like to use myself as an example.

You put me in the same aircraft as you and I can more than likely beat you. Put me in a Spit 16 I can beat almost everyone in the game ( Allowing for Grizz and Bruv and people of the like who rape the living bajesus out of me ).

LOL!  Here I thought Thrash's posts were the funniest ones in this thread but here you come and take the top prize. 


ack-ack

[morfiend]

I'd suggest you not categorize 38 pilots so narrowly.  While I confess I don't land a lot    In 1 piece

     Fixed.....................

[321BAR]

Confused!

A Merlin 266 is a Merlin 66 built in the U.S.
The 2 prefix for all Merlin variants signified a  Merlin built overseas.

ONLY difference is the 266 has a FTH 1000ft higher than the 66, hardly a perkworthy difference.

[edit] Unless you mean 25lbs boost in which case both the the 66 (May/June 44) and the 266 (Dec 44) used it.
Still probably not perkworthy for 5 mins of boost.

but they have the spit 14 with the griffon perked slightly cuz it flies very well up above 20k feet... under that and its raped abused and thrown in dumpsters...

[uptown]

I like to use DBCooper as an example.

You put DBCooper in the same aircraft as you and DBCooper can more than likely beat you. Put DBCooper in a Spit 16 DBCooper can beat almost everyone in the game ( Allowing for DBCooper and Uptown and people of the like who rape the living bajesus out of sheep ).

Does this make DBCooper any more of a noob? no. Why?

Because the 38 and 51 pilots who have "skills" land kills by playing the strengths of their aircraft which are speed and picking. DbCooper play to the advantage of the Spitfire which is Roll and Turn with fantastic E retention.

DBCooper was fighting a brilliant KI pilot the other night, people say that the Spixteen should easily beat it. With an average pilot yes. But a DBCooper who knows his plane and uses its advantage will ALWAYS win a fight. DBCooper beat Spit 16s in a 38 J and G because DBCooper use energy tactics.

Pilot not plane, for the bajillionth time in this thread.

I thank you for the kind words sir <<S>>   I fixed it