[drewpee]

I see no point in continually quoting RL performance figures at this time. The argument just goes around in circles. I think for the moment until the Dev's are ready to implement more complexed flight/damage model keeping teams balanced is important for online play. Online if one plane is far superior then those who prefer to dominate rather than be challenged will forgo alliances and go for the killer plane. When the 109e-4 was arguably the better ac I would fly the 109e-1. When it was the spit-II dominating I would fly the spit-I. If I'm going to win I like it to be on equal terms. I know I'm not alone, many pilots are tired of imbalanced planes.