After flying the P38 for about a year and a half, I can say that patience is a very important factor. In a 1 on 1, you can push the envelope a little more but if you have a few red guys around, you have to fly smarter, not harder. Shuffler is my mortal nme in midwar. Even vs multiple, if he cannot kill a con, he will not let you kill him by flying foolishly. Just can't buy experience
It will come at dying many, many times over. And it's a fact that nme planes will dive right through a higher cover to come and try and pick the big/fat B-38 3k lower than everybody else lol Sometimes you're the hunter, sometimes you're the prey.