Arlo, whine? whatever
your points
#1 I agree, CVs need to get close enough to launch LVTs, but I dont think you need all of them 5 miles of the coast to do that.
#2 I didnt say I expected them to fight me on my terms, I just want them to come out and fight. I rarely Cap the enemy CV, I hover outside of ack range by at least a mile or two away and anywhere from 1k to 5k. Some of these guys have at least 2k of alt advantage and still wont come out, even if I turn my back to them.
And when I ever get the chance to fly Allied I do the same thing, for the most part, I'm just a little more aggressive. I tend to fly and fight till I run out of gas or ammo and rarely do I take the opportunity to "land" kills. I take my F6F for F4U and try to get at least 3k before heading out no matter how many are out there. And when I get in trouble you bet I run for the ack coverage to save my prettythang.
I just wish the IJN have CV's enabled, I love the CV to CV battles regardless of which side I fly for.
I curious Arlo, what do you consider a slower climbing, less manuverable allied fighter, F4F? Slow maybe but manuverable, F6F?, faster than F4F, still very manuverable. F4U? Faster climb rate than Zero's maybe even the N1K2, but maybe not as manuverable. I've flown most of these planes for that last 3 years and the each have their strengths and weakness's but they are all fun to fly and even though I may sound like I'm whining I'm not, I always have fun flying with you guys and I learn more about each planes abilities in the CT better than what goes on in the MA.
If it wasnt for the CT and this setup I would never have flown the Zero. At first I relied on just the N1K2, but that got boring and some ran away unless they had numbers, hardly ever got a one one with anyone. Flying the Zero, I'm slower and the guns arent as good but more people will take on a single Zero by themselves than the N1K2.
I like this map, probably one of my favorites, and in my opinion the plane set is pretty evenly matched.