[Jaws2002]

If you want to take part in the actual mission, you'll have to fly a bit more dangerous to yourself and less than ideal from a fighter's tactical point of view, in order to achieve the broader strategic goals.
In the end, that's what's historical. In a real war, fighter pilots didn't fly how they liked, they flew how they were told. If they assigned your unit for close bomber escort, or protecting certain ground targets, that's what you did. If you didn't, you have a good chance to end up blindfolded with the back to a wall.

I have great respect and feel sorry for people that offer to escort my Ju-88 to the target. I know they'll most likely get shot by that swarm of Spits and Hurricanse protecting those dreaded Beaufighters on Ramsgate airfield. But if I get to blow up the target it's satisfying for all of us. Even if we all get killed.

There are many ways to get a kick out of a game. You can fly in straight lines and do only what's 100% safe, but after ten plus years of playing this series of games, to me that's boring as hell. You have to spice up your gaming experience.
Unless you try to turn from time to time with the other guys, you'll never know how good your plane turns.
I've seen this many times over the years. Many guys that fly only 100% safe, are straight up sitting ducks in a close dogfight. Usually those same guys complain a lot about their plane being "porked".
I'm a pretty bad "pilot" and can't shoot worth a damn, but even I had some success dogfighting in some of this "can't turn" fighters.
Both the FW-190 and P-47 could dogfight back in Il-2, and our Bf-109E definitely can.
It takes a bit of aggressiveness and a lot of practice, doing just that. You'll die a lot, but you'll know your plane a lot better than before. You can't expect to always be the fastest and the highest plane in the game, so you may as well train for those situations from time to time. So many times doing just that, #turning when nobody expects you to# you can surprise the other guy and get him on defensive before he even knows what happened.

There are many ways to enjoy this game. Sometimes you fly fast and safe and selfish. Sometimes you bomb targets, escort bombers and take part in the actual mission. Sometimes you just go fool around flaps down throttle to the wall on the deck with a 110.

In the end what I want to say is this. Don't try to tell others how to enjoy their game, or look down on them if they don't fly 100% safe from the fighter point of view.