What about robustness in dives or under Gs? I've read nothing to suggest the Dr1 should be more robust than the Camel in this area. Or even equal to it. If you can point me to some that suggests otherwise, I would be much obliged.
This will probably get me burned at the stake, but may I suggest that if there are some "unknowns" in how the planes should be modeled, maybe it would be good for gameplay to opt for modeling these "unknowns" in a way that leads to a balance of relative plane strengths?
I tried the WWI arena for the first time in a few months again tonight. Upped the Camel, scored exactly 0 gun kills and a few auger kills. Now I might be a bad pilot and a bad shot, but I don't believe I'm THAT bad. It was the same old frustration...even when you end up in the saddled position on a Dr1, they simply absorb the hits your wandering gunsight puts on them while their buddy pulls up behind you and knocks out your fuel, your pilot, or vital wing parts of your Camel in seconds. The ONLY Camels I saw all night on Knits were being flown by SCTusk and I saw exactly one one on Bish right before I logged. I did see F2Bs being upped by a couple of people though...the fact that a two seat scout is being flown in preference to a dedicated fighter in a dogfight arena should be telling. So I stand by my point that a primary factor holding the WWI arena back is that not only are there only 4 planes in the entire set, but only 2 of them are viable fighters, and they are both Axis.
I fly the d7 allmost exclusively in game and while I wouldnt disagree with the dr1 superiority I do not agree with the allied planes both being inferior to the d7 in fact I would suggest the opposite is more true.
1) the f2b and f1 will both out turn the d7 easily.
2) the d7 is more fragile in a dive than either of the allied planes.
3) the d7 takes a lot less hits than the f2b and marginally less than the f1
4) the f2b will out climb the d7 and though theres very little in it I think the f1 does as well.
5) the f2b is a lot faster than the d7,theres very little difference between the f1 and d7.
6) the d7 burns fuel a lot faster than either allied plane.
the plus points,
1) the d7 does have a vastly superior role rate to either allied plane.
2) it has slightly better e retention.
3) it carries more ammunition.
4) the allround cockpit visibility is a lot better than the f1 and marginally better than the f2b.
5) the d7 is easier to fly than the other ww1 planes behaving more like the ww2 fighters no engine torque to worry about and less likely to stall.
The last reason above is why many prefer flying the d7 to the allied planes Im sure that its very little to do with the aircafts capabilities.
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