Tactics for Cliffs of Dover.

[csThor]

Precisely. This grade of historical accuracy can only be achieved offline when the AI allows it. But even the grade of historical accuracy that could be achieved online is virtually impossible outside of tight-knit groups of players with the same outlook, because the great majority of players can't look beyond their limited perspective of dogfight-this-dogfight-that and that gawd-awful ever-present sportive contest (and the pi**ing contest and chart-wars it brings along, not to mention the late-war monsterplane fixation). I'd love to fly a Stuka attack on Portsmouth harbor with its anchored destroyers if that made sense online. Unfortunately it doesn't. Worse - it's a waste of precious time and nerves. First you won't find enough people to man the Stukas, then you won't find enough people disciplined enough to be of actual use as fighter escort and then you'll only draw the score-whores on the other side who want easy prey just to demonstrate what heroes they are.

But then I may actually be a bit bitter. Who knows?