Originally posted by Octavius:
so you're saying that HTC bases their perking of planes off of those statistics only? all i see there are some calculations thrown out on the table that are expected to justify your whine.. congratulations.. all you've accomplished is to make me waste my time and type this reply and have a few members think lower of you, myself included. live your life, deal with what happens when it comes.. typing meaningless gibberish in a general forum wont really go far in making a difference to the gameplay.. it'll only make a difference in your reputation as an AH whiner.
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a good pilot should pick his own fights.. if you dont want to deal with the n1k, dont engage it! sure you may get jumped by one with an advantage, but hey, be smart about it and leave the area. if you *know* a n1k could/will anger you, just leave before ya get ticked!! common sense people!!
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i hate to seem like i'm picking on ya.. but you're going about your gripes the wrong way.
oct out
Well, I posted the stats in response to a question by Karnak, and then a statement by him later. I believe the initial question was
What percentage of this tour's kills were awarded to the N1K2?
and he later made this statement, in reply to which I attempted to calculate the kill percentage for tour 15.
The F4U-1C was perked because it was getting about 20% of the kills each Tour.
16% of the kills is hardly 20%, at least if you use my normal, old-fashioned math.
I'm pretty much tired of the damn plane. I don't like fighting them, and I've been flying it for the past couple days and I'm sick of flying it. The good news is that I've handed every other N1K2 I've met his ass. Actually, Karnak said something that I found especially telling. It was something along the lines of "I like the N1K2 as the top plane because it is a plane that punishes you for making mistakes by killing you". He actually said what I think there, the PLANE can punish you, the pilot has very little to do with it. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The N1K2 is a plane that basically removes pilot skill from the equation. The only time any skill is needed is if you run across another N1K2, then the better pilot will generally win.
I swear to god that I'm flying this plane at 5,000 feet PRAYING that someone will bounce me, because I haven't lost a 1v1 fight against any plane in it yet. I see a P-51 or a P-47 above me, I do everything I can to entice them down, because I know that I've got a better chance of killing them than they do of killing me, even if they bounce me.
When I'm flying in a 109 or a 190, I usually think that I can win against any plane, even if it bounces me, but I'm not anywhere NEAR as confident as I am in the N1K2. In fact, I think the single biggest reason I die in the N1K2 is because I get overconfident and dive into situations (or climb, which is even worse
) that I would totally avoid in my normal rides.
