The Spitfire XIV Q

[Tank-Ace]

I'm talking about how theres either a fair sized horde coming at you, being delayed by a slightly smaller horde, but where 100's of feet and seconds can matter.

Or where there is an NOE horde that is spotted close to you're base, so you need alt and speed, and you need it now.

[Babalonian]

I don't know about entirely unperking it. I imagine it would be about like the M4, or the M18 if they were free, or possibly even the Firefly with a lower perk cost (most of you remember the hordes of them before they were remodeled).

They would be very numerous, perhaps even unbalancing, as only the 190D, the 109K, and a few other fighters would have any clear speed advantage on the deck. They would possibly replace the P-51 as the stereotypical 'runner' aircraft.

But a perk price of somewhere around 2-4 would keep them from being suicide BnZ'ers, or near-capped field defenders (their stellar rate of climb and acceleration would be a great asset to them in that role). But it wouldn't be so high as to deter people from using them as bomber hunters (spits are pretty frail aircraft, and the Spit 14 is one of, if not THE, worst out of the bunch).

I'm playing around with it a little in the LWMA recently.  Nose down + WEP on = probabley why it has a cost - I definetley see how its speed is worth the price, but it's everything else that is lacking that makes you wonder if it is really abusable beyond "runstang" style players or players who take the time to come in 5-10k above everyone else for a speed/E advantage anyways.

Lets say 10 is the current price now, I'm leaning twords suggesting a 3-5 perk price atm, simpley because I don't think any other non-perked plane can avoid engaging one that has equal or greater advantage unless the Spit XIV pilot lets it.  But that's not final from me yet, I haven't had much time in it in the in MA yet to say that's definitive against K-4s, G-14s and LA-7s...  this might bankrupt my perk bank, but it's kinda fun.

[Tank-Ace]

Well, Devil5O5 and I winged up in spit 14's about a month or two ago, and we wailed the crap out of some F4U's, 109's, and a lala. Pilot skill and team work might have had something to do with it, but neither Devil or I have logged many minutes in the Spitfires. And its unarguably easier to fly than the Ta-152.


All evidence I've seen (stats being the exception) suggests that its worthy of a 1-2, MAYBE even 3-4 perk price. Its not as manuverable as the other spits, but its more than manuverable enough for the games that its speed and climb rate suit it for. So lets just say the jury is out on this one.

[Babalonian]

Thank you HTCs!   

[Zacherof]

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Great thread 

[Myg]

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Great to see this happen! Woo!

[The Fury]

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Yeah thanks HTC, when I seen that homer pic I actually said woooo in my head