I know damn well if I'm going to use a Mk I, V, IX or XIV because that totally changes the flight.
Heh heh. So? I already understand that and that's part of my point.
A Spitfire is a Spitfire is a Spitfire. Add a bulge here or a lump there, it's still a Spitfire. Add a gun here and remove a gun there, it's still a Spitfire. Add some range or make it more maneuverable, it's still a Spitfire. Clip the wing or add some fuzzy dice to the rearview mirrors and it's still a Spitfire. Add a roman numeral here or there, it's STILL a Spitfire. In fact, barring the 14, they ALL wear the same tag in the arenas (including the Seafire, it wears "Spit!") and so when you are flying around and see all them "Spit" icons, you don't know what is what and so just from that visible standpoint, they are all the same. You compare just the Spit9 to an aircraft that has two variants and from Urchin's talk, really only one viable variant for selection. Unfair comparison. No matter if you think it's minor or major, the choice in viable variants (Sea, I, V, IX) has impact on which one will be used, but people are still flying a "Spitfire." In the real world, the Pony is about as popular as a Spitfire, maybe more so, I'm not surprised the Pony is an oft-used aircraft. But I guess it serves your purpose to say the Spitfire is not the most common aircraft in the arena by splitting hairs and just comparing one variant (Spit9) to an aircraft variant (P51D) that may not really have any valid alternative to its selection and thus the D is really the only choice. Fact is, Spitfire usage (the Spit Icon) overwhelms the other icons in the arena and it's refreshing to actually get to fight a P38 or 109 or F4U.
How does "Spitfire" usage compare to "Mustang" usage?
How does it compare to ALL the 109s?
How does it compare to ALL the 190s?
How does it compare to ALL the F4Us?
How does it compare to ALL the P38s? Wait, ooops. Only 1 P38. We really must do something about that.
