Rise of flight buy or not?

[AndyJWest]

Well, the upcoming RoF Channel map will allow direct comparisons: an opportunity to get lost over the drink in a whole different era...

I think that flying RoF has done a lot for my sim-pilot skills generally. Flying on the Syndicate server with no icons, fiddling with the radiator and mixture, navigating visually, and trying to decide whether the dot above me is a Spad or an Albatross, while staring into the sun every few seconds for the Hun hiding in it certainly makes for busy flights. And then there is the joy of getting on the tail of an Albatross, ready to shred it, only to find that it isn't an Albatross, but a Halberstadt:


Mutually assured incineration:


Yup. RoF AI gunners are crack shots too.

[Rumcajs]

So i also tried ROF and fell in love with the game fast. Not that WW1 planes are great, but the game is great fun. I realized that one has to setup the control curves and map Z axis of TrackIR to zoom to have a chance online and to actually hit anything. Currently i'm able to get around 6 - 9% aiming accuracy and have maybe 2 kills during an online battle.
The pleasure is often interrupted by certain players, who are able to get 30%+ aiming accuracy and shot down 40 planes within 15 minutes. Ok i understand that there is a problem with zooming combined with snipe shooting. And that the zoom function is needed to help with visibility of distant objects. But i often witness miracle performance of some players and their planes. Seeing a WW1 fighter attacking me from 200m below after he conducted a 180 degrees sharp turn getting right behind my tail with speed advantage within maybe 5 seconds (while i fly a Fokker VIIF at full throttle straight line) belong among the miracles. Also ability of some players to shot from any angle and hit me or my engine with a short burst from any distance below 500m is not much entertaining.
What's your opinion? Have you got the same impression? Are these people so talented or do they use some sort of automatic help? Are there any autoaim mods?