Before the SpitXVI was added, the SpitIX was considered quite competitive and the "noob plane of choice". I don't think anyone will deny this. And the P-51D, 109G10 or K4, Dora9, Typhoon, and Lala were also there, so one can't say "But the set was slower back then." Now though, I am told that even the SpitVIII is not competitive enough in the LW MA, that RAF fans and noobs will be left out in the cold without free SpitXVIs, without a plane that does almost *everything* extremely well and whose only "weakness" is in reality simply a less hyper-developed strength. Sorry, I don't buy that, not one bit.
So a Spitfire LFIXc would be fine, just not a Spitfire LFXVIe?
You are basically saying that any RAF birds beyond 43 should be perked at this point. Tiffie is 42, Spit IX is 42 version. Spit VIII is 43. The 44 Spitfire XVI should be perked to go along with the Spitfire 14 of 1944 and the Tempest of 1944.
I guess in the end I question why do you care so much? Do you get beaten down by Spit 16s in the MA?
More folks are flying 109K4s these days. I think we should perk em. I see way too many guys flying them now. They've got other 109G variants they can fly right? How dumb would that be? But it's the same argument. I could add that the 109K4 drivers tend to be better sticks too so it's even more unfair to the rest of us! Force em into another bird! They're unbalancing the arena! Get rid of the 51D, I see to many! Perk it! Make them fly 51Bs instead. 6 50s is unfair!
Quit whining, and start shooting the 16s down. You aren't going to make folks fly birds you want them to fly.
Why not just go into the arena, take the challenge of fighting them and do it?
There is no point in even discussing it with you. You've claimed some sort of high ground on this one, and there is nothing anyone could say because you've decided and that's it.
And do answer the question. Would an LFIXc be ok with you instead of an LFXVIe?