What JunkyII said
I have spent way too much time chasing dar bars looking for a fight and ending up
still looking for a fight
A lot of interesting discussion here, and I want to be clear that my "leave it" title in no way meant to exit the game / cancel subscription (I am way to pleased with my fun pastime and very good friends). I meant that base capture, has always given me some feeling of advancing skill and achievement, but only when the goal is achieved.
Taking a knife to a gunfight, is not my cup of tea, so my interest goes somewhere else other than base capture. If this occurs with many others, the system of creating air combat could be falling off for that reason alone.