"I don't get it... why would a plane with a better than 2/1 kill ratio need to hide? "
You know why Lazs, and so do I

I agree with you on the ICON thing; I wish they all showed subtypes.
Funny thing is, regardless of what the "ICON mafia" complains about, I still manage to get ganged up on plenty in a P-51. I disagree that perk planes get ganged up on substantially more than non-perk planes. Why do I disagree? It is NOT possible for me to get ganged up on more than I already do; if I fly a perk plane I see NO difference, nor do I see friendlies in perk planes attracting any more enemies than they would in a non-perk plane in the same situation (read: low and slow you will attract crowds regardless of what you fly). Any enemy that thinks it can kill me, attacks me......any enemy that doesn't think it can kill me ignores me. Pilot SA and crowd control ability are a huge requirement if you want to land ANY flight; it just becomes more important when you stand to lose a fair chunk of PP's.
In the MA, people attack what they can kill. If 3 friendlies are near 1 disadvantaged enemy, then usually they'll all gang up on that one enemy. It doesn't matter whether the enemy is a 152 or a 202; the gang will still happen. I will tell you right now, I can better avoid a gang in a Spit 14 or Tempest or 152 than I can in a 202 or a P-40 or a Spit or N1K, and I don't see any 202 or N1K pilots complaining about their ICONs.
J_A_B