Not quite the same IMO.
BnZ is sitting on a perch, dropping down an going back up , more or less. With no regard to your opponents e state so long as you just maintain your E advantage. Very desirable in a multi target environment
No, BnZ is not just sitting on a perch, dropping down and then going back up. The form of BnZ we see most often in the MA is not correct, BnZ by its very nature is an aggressive maneuver designed to force your opponent to bleed his energy state so you can get an angle for a shot. Most often we see players after their pass extend beyond 3000yards and keep going. That's not how it's done. In a true BnZ pass, you don't want to extend beyond 1,500yards after your pass, just far enough that you're safely out of guns range and can't pull enough nose up to get a shot as you reverse your zoom to make another attack. This keeps the enemy from being able to regain any energy or some of the altitude lost in the break turn.
When someone that actually knows what they're doing with BnZ attacks, it's a nice thing to see them in action alone against multiple targets.
E fighting is more elegant. You burn just enough of that E in order to get your target to burn his much quicker.
Just so you know, I don't think things are getting any worst. Always have had timid players and probably always will.
Just because someone uses Energy tactics like BnZ doesn't always mean the player is timid. You can tell which ones are timid or not by how aggressive they prosecute their BnZ attacks.
When you prefer to fly a slower ac like I do. Everything BnZs/runs. I think it's my job to entice/fool em into my fight. Not berate them into it on 200 or here. 
Flying a lumbering twin engine bomber, there really isn't much I can out run so I've gotten some practice enticing Energy fighters into blowing their energy and equalizing the fight but I've also got a lot of practice using BnZ tactics alone against multiple targets and believe me, I'd rather be one making the attacks on 4 guys rather than the one dodging them.
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