In the past the duelling fields of the DA were almost exclusively same plane duelling. That's not the culture which has now emerged in the MPA (which is fascinating in itself). The most popular fights are 1-on-1 mixed plane matches.
True. It's one of the best ways to figure out what your plane's strengths are (if any), and, similarly, its weaknesses. Fought Pollux there this night, him in a 109F, me in the family 202. One pity-the-oldman fight, but then a superb match, each of us using his ride to its strengths. Assuming you've made up your mind to die, you try things you ordinarily might not. Most excellent fun.
- oldman (Pollux won the good fight, too - of course - but it wasn't easy!)