Is there any tier left where you can just play, without getting shot thru rooftop by fighter, that happens to be the best ground attacker in game? Functional as fighter, defeats hevys thru rooftop, fast, small target? How long until logins start to drop off? Is gaijn less then bright, killing golden goose here?
Just play 8.0+ and the horde of Gepards will usually take care of annoying planes, they are so nasty that you get to see some matches with 0 plane spawns