262's deserve all the hate they receive imo, as do players that drive them (or any perk plane for that matter). Players getting spamed with flames while driving a 262 is understandableas flying one is a chicken-#$%^ move. The plane really should be removed completey from MA, dusted off only for historic scenario's.
Although the presence of the plane in the MA is absurd at best, the terribly flawed perk system that controls the usage of the plane makes things worse. Perks are a seal clubbing tool that allow veteran players to maintain an edge. Possibly an ok tool for retaining veteran players as it allows them to "buy" an advantage that is not available to all, at no real cost. Has little/no value for overall gameplay, or to encourage new blood to stay in the game, which really should be the primary goals of the system imo.
But yeah, nuking the 262 from the MA would be a wise move.
I respectfully disagree.
I see perk planes as simply planes that have an above-average edge that have a price on them. Some have argued in the past that the ki-43 should be perked. While you do have arguably the best manuverability in that plane, you have only 2 guns that you must be precise with, and even a minor hit to most planes is fatal to the ki-43. Whereas the 262 has the best firepower of any fighter in the game, matched with extreme high speed, however doesn't take damage well. However, it is balanced because of the huge edge in aforementioned speed/firepower.
Right now, perks are used as a currency to reward players who contribute to the game. I.E. bomb a hangar, GV or shoot down another plane. You don't get perks by simply flying around looking at the ground. I can't see anything that would be 'better'. If you get rid of perk planes entirely, then the perks have to be used somewhere else, assuming they would be kept. Spend 50 perks and everyone gets a boost? But that has the same 'veterans seal clubbing advantage', but now on a whole different scale.
While I agree, veterans are clubbing seals quite well, and even more-so with perk planes (namely the 262 and 163). I don't see where that is a reason to remove it from the game. All planes have a certain level of 'skill' or challenge to fly them, no matter what plane. Some say certain planes don't, that just tells me the person who comments like that has surpassed the requirements to fly that plane, making it less of a challenge. There are some planes I won't fly, for I don't see the need to. Like the tempest, although the flight model is different, I could just take a Niki.
Perks can be used for 'war purposes' like b29s to the strats. But I would say a fair portion of the perks are just used for goofing around, like 262s de-acking fields or strafing cvs or B29 'stukas'. I would however, like to see other ways that perks could be spent or used, that would either benefit other players in someway (not a boost of damage or unrealistic stuff). Instead of it just being flying planes or driving tanks, perhaps we could have some goofy things that could be used in-game, that don't necessarily give an edge, but more of a laugh.
