Were prop BR teams better back then?

Smarter…as in fly low head on someone get a kill and die then play another game.
Quality of player hasn’t increased

Maybe youre right, but i also dont recall ever having to worry about my entire team diving on a single strike aircraft and wasting all their altitude

No that was always a thing which is why when you saw a 109 or 190 up high you knew they knew how to play the game.

Players have no patience to side climb and then complain when Russian aircraft designed for lower altitudes kill them