At the risk of further confusing Leviathn, I will take my Plane Classifications a step further. My list is based on the planes performance and how I see it utilized by the vast majority of the player base in the game. There are exceptions however, based on flying style. For example, if you turn a Fw190A8 like KillnU, it goes from a borderline EZ mode B&Z aircraft, to an extremely difficult Hybrid.
Colors:
Yellow: IrishOne in the 190A5. His ability and persistence to turn it and push the envelope push the A5 into the Hybrid Category very close to the P38's class.
Blue: BigR in the P51D. Same explanation. He pushes the envelope and uses it for both B&Z and close range and slow speed rolling scissor getting everything out of the P51. Quite a large jump from the normal deviation of P51D performance.
Pink: The timid noob in an La7. He refuses to do anything with the La7 other than run. He does not understand its capability as a fighter. As result he turns the La7 into a one dimensional B&Z fighter down with the P51D and Tempest. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't have the fuel to get many kills doing this.
Green: Ink in the Ki84. While it is more difficult to push an already decent turning aircraft into non ez mode territory, INK manages to do it. He neglects the Ki84's ability's in the vertical because it is beneath him as a warrior to not be in the thick of things turning with as many as he can. As result of this consistent style to the Ki84, he pushes the aircraft out of the Hybrid zone into Turny Bird Zone and also out of the EZ mode zone.
So just because you fly an EZ mode plane, there is hope for a slight adjustment based on how you fly. And just because you fly a non EZ mode plane, you might in fact be shifted into the EZ mode zone by flying it timidly in a purely one dimensional sense, like in our example with the Pink La7 Newbie.
EDIT: After a moment of reflection and a bribe from Shane that turned out to not pan out, I am slightly modifying the La7's initial placement to right on the edge of EZ mode in the Hybrid section. A minor shift, but it kind of irks me that it is not closer to that line.
There will be one more revision to my venn diagram before it is set in stone and made official for the end of toon time, so if there are any other inconsistencies that you see let me know with your reasoning and I may make some minor adjustments. Thank you, and Godspeed.
