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Agreed except for the qualifier. I think its pretty important for people who fly fast planes as well i.e. everyone ends up slow sometimes.
I agree, of course.
So if this is the case, does it follow that a pilot who is consistently effective in a plane that is not optimal for a given situation is more skilled than another pilot in the same scenario but flying a more inherently effective plane?
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Yeah that's true, you should be able to do them in faster planes but you don't necessarily want to be in that position because they can't turn well and it makes it easier to get picked. Only if you have a lot of E and can possibly pull a rope.
That's a tough question though fulcrum. Do they only fly an 5 eny plane that has speed and can turn decently enough? (P51). Do these pilots actually get in situations where they don't have the advantage? Let's say that P47 takes off at a base being capped by carrier planes. He gets 5 kills, while another guy in a ki84 doesn't get any. Sure you could say the P47 guy was more skilled. But players who consistently fly let's say a 190D really don't have too many disadvantages unless they get slow. Sooo, if a player only chooses one style, in a plane that is optimal in 90% of situations to be able to get out of the fight by running away, there's really not that much skill involved other than knowing how not to get slow. So this plane would have a higher % of being able to get more kills in many more situations because of not only the fighter pilot but because the plane has much better performance. Therefore, you don't have to be as skilled to fly these planes given the fact that there is less of a chance that the situation will go to your disadvantage. However, if you only fly the P40 and land kills and are awesome in that, then yes you prob are very skilled.
I wanted to say to kruel that.. You definitely do need to fly in these planes to see disadvantages that you can't see when fighting them. Example would be like a gas leak or something. If you never flew a F4U1d you wouldn't know that a it only has 1 tank compared to the 1a that has 2. If you were in a ki84 and I was in a nik. I'd know that ud have the advantage in the vert but I'd have it in the flat turn. You will never know how fast a plane loses E or excels if you never fight with. And you will never know some of the fighter tactics planes like to use more than other planes if you don't fly them. I know that because the spit has only one notch of flaps, as soon as I see them go down, I can usually beat them in roll arounds and loops because that one notch of flaps really effects the E state.I can also hope he flat spins by dumping flaps too early and trying to slow down and roll too quickly. I learned that by flying it rather than watching people do it and assume I know the reason why.
