Let me clarify my earlier post:
I don't run much unless I am at a serious disadvantage, though I do more than I did previously. I only run/disengage when I am low on gas, ammo, or am outnumbered (and even then, I often turn and fight). I don't run from any specific plane because with the D-9, I feel like I have a fighting chance against every plane in the arena. I am starting to fly a bit smarter, meaning that my K/D ratio is climbing. In the D-9, there are no planes that I won't engage, however, there are situations that I will alter my method of fighting.
For example, last night, I ran from Niki's when I was caught low. They turn better and have guns that make it easy for a snapshot to kill me. Therefore, I would run to get seperation and then turn to reengage. I don't run back to base unless I feel like it is the only option left for me. However, I will fight any Niki I see at around 15k+. Up there, I know that I can turn and climb with them and probably better thant them in most instances. They don't scare me as much as they did when I was flying the hog and cat exclusively.
Do I run? Of course I do. I don't want to push a bad situation. Do I run as much as everyone else? I don't know, I don't worry about what everyone else does.
All I really know is that I am finally glad that my fav LW plane has been added and it matches the way that I fly and fight.
-math
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"Any American fighter near Orote Penninsula. I have forty Jap planes surrounded and need a little help."
-Ens. W.B. "Spider" Webb during the Marians Turkey Shoot