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Originally Posted by klem
2. Until now the 109s have had it all their own way because even with the Rotol Hurricane the 109, properly flown, is king whereas the Spitfire was actually the superior dogfighting aircraft and under the right circumstances could beat the 109 in an energy fight too. It wasn't only the 109s that could play the energy game. The reds have been denied that simply because of the 109 modelling (this is a 109 problem remember, not a Spit IIa problem). At present the currently undermodelled Spitfire Ia versus the current 109 is every bit as bad as an undermodelled 109 versus a current Spitfire IIa. How do you think it feels to know that every time you fly red you are going to lose an even-numbered match unless the 109 pilot is stupid? That's another 'injustice' resolved.
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I gotta disagree with you here. The Hurri MkI as currently modeled is superior to the 109E in angles tactics, and indeed the 109's climb advantage is not so great up high as it is on the deck. By constrast, the Spit IIa out turns, out climbs, AND is faster than the 109.
Hurri pilots facing a 109E are not in the same situation as 109E pilots facing a Spit 2. They are not required to merely hope for the other guy to make a mistake, as they have angles tactics available to them. The 109 is faster and can disengage at will but two Hurricanes working together (ANY aircraft operating on its own is useless when facing teamwork) are a force to be reckoned with. The problem I see most on ATAG is that a lot of pilots (Red AND Blue, but seemingly more Red) are flying across the Channel at low altitudes and finding themselves with 109s overhead. I've lost count of the number of times I've flown over to England and seen nobody above 4000m/15000ft. That really isn't very high, and quite frankly the Hurricanes should be operating higher than that.
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3. If, post-patch, properly modelled 109s are going to die to properly modelled Spitfires it just means that for a while, until the next patch comes out, a few are going to die a lot quicker than at present. Just for a short while the advantage will swing to the reds (who are usually outnumbered on the ATAG server anyway).
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Depends what time you fly. A lot of times when I'm on there are more reds than blues by a large margin. In any case, I'm not sure that relative numbers on a pub server are a good metric for this sort of thing. I could just as easily bring up the JG27 missions where Blue was outnumbered severely and got our butts kicked.
I understand that the spit 1a might be outmatched, but I don't think that introducing the Spit 2a is the correct solution.