4 x 30mm makes a potent ship killer in this game, if a little expensive perk-wise. Too bad you can't fly 262s as attack sorties.
I have the same question about people who disparage LAs and ponies as runtards. Why does taking a perk plane make it acceptable to play in a way the same people claim is not legitimate for non-perk planes? If anything it's worse in the perk planes since they are that much more immune to everyone else if they keep their speed up.
The thing I really dislike about 262s, though, is the result of the perk system. Not losing the perks if you land the plane is a very, very, very bad thing because it encourages lame play. It's especially true if you've spent over 150 perks for that plane. The reward for not dying in a perk plane should be not dying, the same as it is for all the other planes.