With all the talk about how this plane and that plane are
UBER and how other planes are all but useless, I was wondering what others though where the easy planes for new players and the most effective for those with more experience. Sure there are some that many will agree on, but I'm curious of how much divergence there is in the overall beliefs about what planes are best/most effective.
There are several planes that are typically death traps for newbies that become
killing machines of doom when in the hands of an expert. Personal preference and skills decide what planes each player ends up gravitating too, but there are definite planes that just never get used because they are just not effective in MA.
MY OF EASY NEWBIE PLANES This plane seems to attract new players for several reasons, most notably that it is a well known plane that is actually easy to fly in AH. The combination of great manueverability, outstanding firepower and good power make this a very common choice. The small ammo load does discourage some, and you will see many new players express their displesure of being killed after they run out of ammo.
Ah yes, there she blows. We all know the Niki has firepower that eats through armor like "good times" through AOL. The E retention has more than a few crying foul, and to top it all off, it turns like a race tuned Porsche. New players love the one ping kills, and are not easily put off by the limitations of slightly low top speed, and fragile wings at high G loads. Its like crack, it ain't good for you, but it sure is hard to stop using it.
This is a relative newcomer to the new player list of choice. Much of the reason it got noticed was all the complaints. Its not the easiest of the bunch, but with all the speed you need, and very respectable turning, many new players get hooked. It takes them quite a while to realize how hard the low velocity gun rounds make longer shots, all they see is that one quick burst kills everything. It also helps when they realize that if they get in trouble, they can run away, and with just a little luck, they will get away.
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What about the Vets choices You may hear complaints from new players that the Mustang is undermodled when the most popular plane of WWII proves less than they imagined, but rest assured in the hands of an expert, it is a deadly machine. When flown smoothly the Mustang can make other planes look very vulnerable. One key is to remember it handles much better than most opponents at 20,000 feet and going 400 knots.
This plane gets new players killed when they get into the spin of death after a nastey stall, and it also tends to suck you into turn fights where it preforms very well.....but only for about one full circle. After the first 360°'s though, it starts to wallow, and before you know it, your a big blue target. In the hands of an expert though, the sumptuously large ammo load, great high speed handling and fantastic instant turn rate lead to a plane that provides many opportunities to get the kill. Add to this the fantastic JABO load outs, and you get a plane that can go in, do some ground pounding and then stick around and play with enemy planes.
No plane IMHO gains more from experience than the Focke Wulf. To the uninitiated its nasty spin characteristics and numerous other quirks put it quickly on the do not fly list. Thats ashame, because once you become farmiliar with it, and lern the discipline required to fly it, you end up with one outstanding aircraft. The phenominal roll rate make it almost impossible to follow in a scissors if a compitant pilot is at the controls, and the great speed combined with central mounted cannon make a particularly deadly adversary.
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