One thing about Violator's proposition of having multiple tools, it then more often seems to be the case you wanted a Ki-84 while you had already upped a K-4 etc. You can't alter the tools to the job once you've taken it out of the box and offered fights and situations were always fluxing ![joystick :joystick:](http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/joystick.gif)
That's my experience quite often, the fight I took the best tool for the job at the time ends, and then a different set of enemies comes in.
If the enemies are committed to fighting, the all rounders like the KI84 are great. However if you run into a crowd of one pass and reset ponies, doras, and typhs, you're either going to have to be great at fighting from the bottom/getting shots on overshoots or you're going to have a bad time.
If I'm in something fast to run down the one pass and reset ponies, doras, and typhs I feel like I often run into a swarm of KI84s, Spit16s and Yak3s with alt on me. Just the way it works out.
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Generally speaking if I don't know what the enemy's up to, I will use a K4. It's faster than a lot of the all rounders and its main downside is the gun's not that user friendly. But it can dogfight decently, keep up with a lot of planes, and will take out bombers depending on how good of a gunnery day I'm having.
Several planes turn better but they aren't as fast/don't climb or accelerate as well. Those two attributes go a long, long way for me in the MA.
Wiley.