I honestly enjoy all aspects of the game, unlike most others there is enough variety to keep me hooked when I get bored with a certain type of play. But the thing that keeps me coming back is the great dogfights; even, outnumbered, hoards, there are fights everywhere.
Occasionally a specific type of dogfight or furball (usually the good natured evenish ones) may not exist for a certain country, or maybe not even for any other country. Which means you are forced to either join the other type of fights that aren't your cup of tea, or log off. Sometimes the reason we don't like the other types of fighting is because they require us to perhaps fly a little farther, or a different route, or altitude, or we expect our type of gameplay to be served to us on a silver platter. But I can promise you, there are great fights to be uncovered in almost every situation we get presented with in the MA, and are very easily started if they aren't currently present.
I have not noticed any decline in what I consider good ol' dogfighting since I began in 2003. If anything, there has been an influx in new players over the last few years that have excelled exceptionally fast and actually tried hard to become good sticks, they have replaced the gaps a lot of the old breed left when they cancelled.
You are always a fun fight Latrobe, win or lose, you're one of those rare pilots that always insure a minute or two of fun when confronted. But there are plenty of others out there who give great fights, try to keep things fair, and win or lose enjoy the fights, I'm sorry you can't find them.
I can guarantee, if you tune with me to a vox, I can find you a fun fight whenever you want, that's a 100% guarantee. I just find it offensive when I have easily 10+ good fights every single night, to hear such a seasoned vet exclaim how dogfighting is dead in the MA.
