I'm playing solely in sim mode and I do just fine in 109s. You just have to fly differently. If you zip down to the deck and start turning with Spits, Yaks, and La-7s you're going to get bested. That simple. Early-war, it's a bit different, but even then you're going to have to pull some fancy stuff to "out turn" a Spit.
BnZ is how to capitalize with the 109. I've been able to do pretty well with it. Sometimes I've got the most kills in a match, other times I'm pretty close, and with BnZ'ing, you've usually got a low death count compared to the other guys since you're hovering above, waiting to pounce. If you go down and you miss, you better not stick around for long. A lot of people get frustrated with this tactic, but that's mainly because they're just doing the booming part. They forget the zooming.
A lot of my "deaths" are getting caught in a series of respawn crashing or running out of ammo and then bailing (because you can't land and get more ammo).
I like the K-4 ever so slightly more than the G-6 for the purpose of BnZ. The G-6 is still awesome though and does the job just fine. It got me enough kills to get the K-4, obviously. Historically, the K-4 is the Luftwaffe's answer to having a bunch of different 109 models with a bunch of different parts coupled with waning resources -- consolidate the 109 models, make improvements, keep costs down. And make sure you keep a big ass cannon in the nose to shoot down huge American bombers.
The G-10? No big ass cannon. I'll unlock it, but I doubt I'll fly it that much. Me likey cannons.
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