Many thanks to everyone posting and look forward to meeting new and old friends. I'd like to add that since I've had the opportunity to perform well in both Fighter Ace and War Thunder, I look forward to the challenge of Aces High II.
In my humble opinion, all of these games are based on their game developers best efforts to provide an enjoyable flight combat simulation. Each of these games will always hold positives and negatives from each players opinion based on the great features the games provide. These players will always have their own opinion and concerns at which the game and support community will best satisfy. Keep in mind that in each support community you will never know the full details behind why decisions were made whether they agreed or disagreed to it, but something the game community need to live with. That being said; the (SysAdmin,SysOp,GameOp, whatever they may be called) may have the same view point with you on an issue that they may not portray, but just can't relay their true feelings based on their position.
In regards to Energy game vs Turn Fighting will always be based on the capabilities of these aircrafts, flight models and physics along with possible known/unknown exploits/bugs. From my experience, the energy game will always prevail, but success doesn't always revolve around tactics, but also proper configuration for efficient flight and utilizing the game features to its fullest. You will also need to consider situational awareness and in many cases dependencies on your team/wingman tactics and trust. However, at the end of the day these Combat Flight Simulators are games and if the player enjoys their experience then everyone has succeeded.
There will always be players wanting to be the best - I know this from personal experience. However, in my opinion, wanting to be the best is a factor of what makes these games so great. You will always find someone that can shoot you down and some will accept it and others (such as myself) will go off and kick the neighbors cat with frustration. The reactions are where you will find those that work on improving their games or complain about an exploit, bug or some condition that occurred to allow them to be shot down. I will never tell you I am the best in a game, but I will always tell you I will shoot you down.
In the end everyone will have their own successes and failures (good and bad days), but what I get most out of these simulators are the great friendships and experiences within the game and on rare occasions extend into real life. I have already noticed Aces High II to be a great community and look forward to becoming a part of your gaming life.
Much Respect.
Admiral
ps: Seriously speaking, I will shoot your butt down!
