If you actually believe what you wrote above then you're never going to be able to beat anybody in anything in a fair one on one bacause you'll never develop the skills needed to do so.
I've beaten some of them(although admittably this is a rare thing to happen), fought a lot of them upto a standstill without running, had my share of getting my butts kicked, fought against a horde of them in their 'squads', and what not. 10 years is a long time and considering the time I've spent in this game I am unfortunately abysmally mediocre, but one good thing is I've seen how the "vets" actually operate for a long, long, long time.
"Vets" are basically very interesting beings in the world of the flight sims. They are terrific in combat, but they are also egomaniancs. They are opinionated, biased against anything/anyone that is actually better than themselves, are embellishing, exaggerating, loves the grandioso way of explaining their tactics, and hates the
bare truth revolving around it.
An "inferior" plane is an "inferior" plane because their own specifications rarely meet certain requirements important for general survival in the combat environment of the MA as a theater of multiple engagements.
The basic tactic of the "vet" in an "inferior plane", is to minimize their chances of having to fight the 'normal/expected' condition of multiple enemies (with or without as much friendlies), and reduce it into a state of 1vs1 engagement so their skills in individual maneuvering can be used to shoot down pilots of lesser skill
one by one. If this
one-on-one scenario cannot be achieved, then the alternative is to play with alt advantage, in which case their gunnery skills come into light more than actual maneuvering.
But the point is this; they don't actually "fly" the "inferior plane" like they say they do. In other words, in the manner a "vet" can achieve great success with the 110 (the plane in question this thread), any other "inferior" plane can do the same.
The whole blah-blah-blah part of how
"using a plane's strengths" is basically a gigantic load of crockshi*, typical embellishment one would expect from the "vet". The only instances where the "vets" actually do use some of its strengths to the max, is when they actually get to fight an inferior pilot 1v1. It doesn't matter if they fly a 110 in the midst of hordes of enemy La7s, or if they fly a P-40 - the basics is always the same. The spirit is the "cherrypick", and the motto is "all my friends are bait".
Ofcourse, that carries with it a certain implications on how the "vets" choose their fighting grounds and promote themselves:
1) None of them appear at a disadvantaged front.
2) None of them try their "fly inferior planes and land two-digit kills" stunt in such fronts.
3) None of them help their countrymates.
4) They are first to dive to an opportunity and also the first to run when things start to go bad.
5) All of them hide the above facts.
Ofcourse, as individual fighter pilots, sticking to the such opportunistic principles is actually not a bad thing. Frankly the very concept of "SA" favors those opportunistic, and the more weasley one behaves, the higher one's score becomes. It's not a bad thing at all.
However, what's really bad is the "vets" don't acknowledge such fact themselves. They act as if all their kills and all their success and all their fame is solely achieved by their own hands, in contrast to reality that they lie, steal, cheat, "extend" forever, goes HOs, cherrypicks, plays only within friendly hordes, uses everyone else as bait, doesn't care about friends, and etc etc etc.. just as much as anyone else.
The only real difference between the "vet" and the "n00b" is that the former displays all of the above mentioned weasle attitudes a lot better/efficiently than the latter, except they pretend they don't. Hence, they are egomaniacs in nature.
I've seen a lot of "famous" vet guys during my long stay with AH, and I've only seen a handful of them who aren't the typical score-whoring weasle type as mentioned above. These are typically the type of guys who has good flying skills, but doesn't necessarily show high scores. Guys who don't hesitate to stay behind and fight and defend fields under attack, despite significant disadvantages. They are also the guys who'll actually come down and actively help clear your six, instead of hanging around 5k above you and cherrypick the guys behind you only when it suits them.
They are all terrific pilots and greayly skilled, much better than I can ever hope to be, and yet they go down in battle as much as I do regardless of what plane they use. This says a lot on how the "vets" actually operate in the MA.
The "vet", is created by the situation of all things, not by their skill. And it is their ability to choose the situation of their liking regardless of any moral/ethical conflicts, that makes them successful. The only problem is they act as if they don't do all the 'dirty', 'n00bish', 'gamey', 'lame' things they so often accuse others of doing, when in fact, they are the best among all people in doing such things.
So you're welcome to be offended all you want. I don't exactly expect a warm welcome from the league of elite pilots when someone goes sniffing behind their smelly rear.
