I wasnt talking about a spit 9 or G-14. I was talking about something like a Ki-43.
Perhaps, but using an extreme example of poor airspeed and applying it as the rule is relatively disingenuous.
Even then, in the end, the capabilities of the aircraft rely on ACM, which is derived from performance obtained from each aircraft's E/M diagram (I really wish HTC would include these in the game). A slow aircraft has inherent advantages that fast aircraft do not, and vice-versa. Just because fast aircraft can disengage more easily than slower aircraft does not give them an overall advantage in general, it's just a different, single type of advantage.
A good analogue to this is human intelligence. We can measure this through various testing and personality/cognitive profiles. We can also measure other individual characteristics, such as emotional quotient (EQ), by testing in a similar manner. The end result is that some people are more intelligent, some are more emotionally capable, etc.
The interesting thing, however, is that no one wants to be the "dumb" (or less-smart) one, as if that matters more than anything else. Many people are fine being more (or less) athletic, delegative, efficient, etc. If you tell them "the guy next to you is more athletic," few people would care. However, show (or tell) someone that they're not as smart as the guy next to them, and typically it's either challenged or met with resistance and/or hostility. However, it's objectively the same as any other measured trait. People tend to overvalue intelligence without understanding it's worthless without the ability to put forth the effort to make use of it, the determination to follow through with it, etc. Alone and by itself, intelligence is useless.
Players in AH (and it seems almost exclusively limited to AH) seem to treat aircraft airspeed in the same manner. It's an inherent trait to every aircraft, it's how the aircraft flies. If you don't like the airspeed advantage another plane has, either fly a similar plane, or learn to deal with it. Complaining about it is akin to complaining that the smart guy in class got a better score than you... followed by mocking his ability because you can't perform at his level (when you could have easily studied yourself... or chosen the same plane).
Typically, this is understood universally by the hardcore/enthusiast sim crowd, as it's the integral part of what makes ACM and WWII air combat varied. For whatever reason, however, the understanding (and acceptance) of this by this community is almost non-existent. Sadly ironic, as it's a major deterrent to anyone considering AH for realistic WWII dogfighting (as evident when compared to the number of players online at any moment across the various IL2 series, DCS, etc.).
None of this was aimed at you, by the way Zimme, it just created a nice segue.
