Hey, thanks for the input -the Yak has been deadly so far; if you can turn on someone, you win... The issue has been more of WHERE to leverage your strengths. You move pretty slowly from zone to zone, so choosing where to set up your spinny murder spree seems of greater importance than the individual fights themselves. For instance, I am starting to be of the mind that airfields matter a little bit more to this plane, and that maybe defending sites with a decent amount of high-alt AA can ameliorate a little bit of your altitude woes...
Or, finally - hugging my optimum altitude seems to be counterproductive - better to hang out in the mid-to-low of your range & encourage the enemy to sacrfice their stored energy to get to you.
Just looking for input along these lines of thinking... and, y’know, I like these discussions. Less on the how, more on the why (for every time I read a thread about how the devs are obviously sabotaging someone personally because they get ALL THE POINTS but also ALL THE LOSSES).
The issue really hasn’t been winning dogfights, but trying to situate myself in a way that the enemy has to dogfight me to capture the point.
Edited by LeastWeasel, 11 May 2018 - 05:09 PM.