Soulyss, glad to hear you've enjoyed the setup.  I suspect the lion's share of allied have.  I might have had a pretty good time allied, as well .. who knows?  Numbers have been too skewed on non-squad nights to find out.
I just got frustrated with the chickensh't 'run away' tactics all week.  It's no fun chasing dots all over the map when they'd rather run than engage.  It gets old.  I gripe about it.  We move on.  But it's not fun.  ymmv.
One evening Soulyss was gracious enough to offer to stand and fight when I squeaked on ch1 about my most recent sightseeing trip in pursuit of a timid con.  But since it was 5:1 allied at that point, I respectfully declined and logged.  He'd have probably waxxed me post-haste in his Hellcat, anyway... but at least it would have been a fight.
The ironic thing about all these nmys blowing advantage then running away as fast as their Pratt & Whitney will carry them is that I'm really not that good.
Arlo, I didn't have a bad week.  When I actually got to engage enemy planes, I did well enough by my own standards.  I've done better; I've done worse.  Probably about a wash.
Your contribution was to cherrypick me as I was about to drop gear on final approach in a smoking bird -- and I called it cheap,   which it was.  Care to take a crack at me while I'm in a position to defend myself?
We can do the Dueling Arena thing if you like.  Only stipulation is you can't run away.
Splash1
13th Sentai