I had a pair of awesome 1 v 1's today in the MA, and they included responsible HOs. The first was a bit rough, HO collided with a perk corsair who rammed me as I was trying to evade him. Then, in my very damaged P-47D-40, I got into a low alt dogfight with an La. It was an awesome fight, cause after he blew his E, we were fairly well evenly matched in turn rate, his climbing was better. My pilot was wounded as well, seemed to be every time I could get my guns on him I blacked out, so I fired blindly
After all of this, I was shot down. I then took up a P-40F and fought the same pilot in a new lag.
By responsible HOs, my opponent and I would take shots until about 200 yards out, then get slightly angle off to merge, then resume maneuvering. And type of head on shot where he was not quite pointed at me or vise versa was fair game. We fought for what I think must have been 5 full minutes without disruption be either side. I scored some hits on him, and he on me. I lost my left gear, aileron, and flap, and the front gas tank was holed. He ended up breaking off into his own ack, I don't know his damage status. I turned for home, and even with nme upping from the base we fought near, they let me be as I flew home. I made it with 3 minutes fuel at full military power, and made a no flaps belly landing. It was one of the best flight I have ever had with no kills. In a twist, just as I was about to end sortie, I got a message saying I scored an assist on my opponent. He must have landed, re-armed, and upped again only to be killed.
You can HO me every day for a month, I will still love this game!!!! BTW - It was Sads I believe, and the whole time we talked about our fights and the merits of the other pilot and their plane on 200 the whole time. No rules were spoken, just some common sense at work!!!