It would also appear that a rather large portion of the player base logs in solely to engage in GV stuff, which really doesn't use the HQ at all other than for hiding from incoming air.
I personally prefer attacking those guys. Some GVers are tough cookies to crack, even with bombs! Much more rewarding to take a Stuka G-2 out to support a GV push, shoot Sturmbok's 262 down along the way, take out a Panzer or two and throw your plane into the Wirble that just knocked your wing off.
It's also a lot of fun when you have a LOT of squadmates on to fly big pretty formations in fighters. 14 A6Ms in a Flying Fish (<><) having a Jug come say hi, and at 3k away the tail doing a Split S and the front doing an Immelmann, and watching the Jug break as hard as he can away, dive to the ground and floor it home is absolutely hilarious.
Don't gotta be doing inverted 4G negative dives with the enemy to have fun.
