What's the first plane you go for?

[W7LPNRICK]

The one on someone else's 6 without a wingman. 

[Debrody]

Spits
109 food

[katanaso]

The following:  N1K2, Hurricane 2C, C-Hog, Tempest, 109K, Spit16,  -- basically, the planes that make it easy for their player to get a one shot kill, skilled or not.

[dedalos]

Carefull that 202 may have a JUG up his sleeve   

That is just wrong, but what ever you like.  Jugs should always fly in pairs 

[grizz441]

I always go for Dedalos first in the DA, get the easy ones out of the way first.   

[dedalos]

I always go for Dedalos first in the DA, get the easy ones out of the way first.   

Nothing like a good warm up 

[Dead Man Flying]

Forget plane type.  Reducing the number of enemies overall has the greatest impact on successfully surviving a furball; for every enemy you kill, your odds of survival increase dramatically.

I used to engage planes with roughly equal E states first, then work my way down based on relative E.  All things being equal, I'd go for the "easy" kill first (I'm looking at you, P-38s and other larger platforms).

[Cooley]

The guy on the outskirts of the fight so I can keep the horde to one side of me...

^ what he said

[Muzzy]

Clearing a friendly's six is my first priority.

After that, go for the co alt BnZers (usually FW's, Ponies, Doras and Temp/Typhs) then low alt speedsters (low La's, low ponies, jugs, K4's etc), then everything else. 

[Yarbles]

La7's

Race through the furball ho ho ho turn, and race through from the other direction ho ho ho.

 

[Saurdaukar]

The first one who appears willing to separate.

[dedalos]

190s

Race through the furball ho ho ho turn, and race through from the other direction ho ho ho.

 

Fixed 

[Yarbles]

Fixed  

Be fare 190'S have less options than la7's and LA and Nikki are the big hoers in my experience.

[Plazus]

If it's red, I shoot it.

[katanaso]

If it's red, I shoot it.

...and so ended the long run of Santa's sleigh being led by a special reindeer.