What are the most important things for you when choosing a plane for AH2?

[MachFly]

What are the most important things for you when choosing a plane/GV for AH2?

some of the choices (feel free to add your own):
-Performance (maneuvers, speed, guns, ect.)
-Availability (CV based, bombs, rockets, fuel, ect.)
-History (What the plane did)
-Looks
-ENY/Perk value
-Name
-Sound

[Yossarian]

Whether I enjoy flying it or not.

[Oldman731]

What are the most important things for you when choosing a plane/GV for AH2

Generally I try to pick one that has one or more obvious handicaps.  No matter what I fly I'm bound to get shot down, makes it more fun and slightly less embarrassing if that happens while I'm trying to overcome my machine's drawback(s).  After doing this for awhile it feels uncomfortable getting into one of the late war monsters.

- oldman

[Knite]

Is it a P-38?

Does it have ENY over 15?

Is it really not a P-38?

Does it have guns?

Are you sure it's not a P-38?


That's been about the extent of my choosing.

[Imowface]

1. is it russian?
2. does it have bad guns?
3.does it have a nasty stall?
4.can it dogfight?
5. is its nickname Lgay?

if all of the above is the case, then thats why I fly it

[Soulyss]

Without a doubt I fly the planes that I find historically interesting.  When I came to AH I was fresh off of reading the biographies of Chuck Yeager and Bud Anderson and I wanted to fly the P-51 and recreate those stories.  After a few years of that I took Mathman's advice and bought a couple books on the carrier war in the Pacific and became a F6F dweeb for the next several years.  Currently my history obsession is the 5th Air Force and the war in New Guinea in 1942 and 1943 and I'm pretty much flying the P-38G with occasional hops in the P-39D and P-40E.  During the last plane poll I was really pulling for either the Beaufighter or the Ki-43 to win despite the odds, I'm also really excited to see the G4M1 coming soon.

[waystin2]

My favorites/best match of capabilities for the job at hand.

High alt fighter-Spit 8 or Spit 14
Low alt fighter-Spit 9 or Spit 16
Upping off a capped field-Hurricane IIC
Carrier fighter work-A6M2 or Seafire
Carrier Jabo-F6F5 or F4U1D
Jabo-P51D
Heavy Jabo-P47N
Ground vehicle attack-Hurricane IID
Town clearing-110G-2
Field De-ack-190A-5, 190A-8 or 190D-9
Guilty pleasure-C.202

I could go on for a while, but you get the picture....

 

Way

[Guppy35]

It has to have my name on it so I can find it in the hanger

[Ack-Ack]

Lucky for me since I only fly one plane I don't have to bother with this nonsense of looking for a reason to fly the plane I choose.

ack-ack

[nick172]

fOR fIGHERS
well I love the 38, and 109's but I always come back to the F4u-1a because I end up thinking, if I'm in a 38 I am the first one jumped every time, also if I'm flying a 38 or 109 I'm always on the lookout for a F4u.  Its not the best at much but its good at a lot.  I fly the plane that I know, if I come to a 1 vs 1 fight, I'm confident I can handle most other planes. For me thats the F4U-1a for another pilot it may be the 51, or 38, or even a 202. 

FOR ATTACK
I fly the f4u-1d or the p47, large payload and still can put up a nice fight when I'm empty.  if i'm going for just ack I'll take a 190d, gets me their fast and can take a beating.

[druski85]

Generally I try to pick one that has one or more obvious handicaps.  No matter what I fly I'm bound to get shot down, makes it more fun and slightly less embarrassing if that happens while I'm trying to overcome my machine's drawback(s).  After doing this for awhile it feels uncomfortable getting into one of the late war monsters.

- oldman

+1, although I do frequently find myself in the latewar monster that is the 47-M because quite frankly that bird makes me happy.  Otherwise, I switch it up among a lot of the MW birds in LW. 

[cactuskooler]

It has to be gorgeous.

[Ruah]

good views, good roll ate, good acceleration and a cannon - at least one.

[RTR]

"Does this Pony make my bellybutton look big?"

RTR

[Saxman]

My favorite planes in the game are my favorite planes in RL. Thus why I love the Corsair and Wildcat.

If only the people in the EWA actually FOUGHT rather than milk-running bases, I'd spend more time online with the Little Grumman.