I've been reading these debates over flying style for the last few days with quiet amusment. On the one hand you have the folks that believe that the real pilots just wade in at low level and go at it. The other group seeks to gain an advantage in energy before engaging.
Now of course each group thinks their's is the "Manly" way to conduct air combat and the other are just dweebs. The classic "If you don't fly and fight my way your a no talent dweeb"
The low alt guys say that any one that enters the fight with an altitude advantage will run the first time anyone shows any intention of challanging them. (Spits running from SBDs and Stukas etc) The energy camp says the furballers just spawn, shoot, die.......rinse and repeat.
Well I will always try to gain every advantage that I can. I really like to return to base as much as I can. Now do I always have the advantage when I fight? No. Sometimes your forced into a fight with a disadvantage. Will I try and disengage from that fight if I can? You bet! If I'm caught slow in my Mustang by a Spit, it would be suicied to try and fight on his terms unless he's the worse pilot to ever fly this sim. I'll try to force a nose to nose merge then unload and haul ass.
you will never get good in your high alt foxhole.
lazs
This caught my eye. Now I'm not the best pilot in the sky but I do Ok. I've at one time or another been a trainer both here and in Warbirds so it can be assumed that I at least have a working knowledge of ACM.
Now I just got back into flying after several months break so I decided to bounce my stats against yours lazs. Guess what? We're almost identical in our stats. Both have a K/D about 3, both have a K/S of about 1.5, both have a K/H of about 7 and our gunnery is about the same at ~6.5%
So it seems to me lazs that we both get just about the same success out of the way we each fly this sim and isn't that the whole point?
Sharky
(If you want to see my stats use ChiefD, new account)
edited for spelling and grammer