Itsa no perkie.
It merely replaced the La-7 as the whine du jour. Its not a new plan to grow HTC's finances, its just an easier forgiveing plane to fly -- like the La-7.
And like the La-7, if you keep dying helplessly to it, it seems like it needs to be perked. Really -- better SA and better ACM de-perk many planes!
And BTW, I have one sortie and 3 kills in it this tour -- my main rides are p-47s.