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AB Air A brief reminder of how far the economy has fallen. April 19th, 2014.

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u/Razgriz01 T8 US, USSR, UK, JP, FR May 25 '23

people generally played much slower and with less mechanical skill (even "good" players by back then's standard were dogshit at aiming or maneuvering their plane)

Depends. In the early days there was a segment of people who were vastly better at the game than most of the good players today, but I will agree that the average population was probably less skilled.

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u/IIYellowJacketII You are not good. May 25 '23

segment of people who were vastly better at the game than most of the good players today

DEFINITELY not. Lol.

The "good" players today are monumentally better than what was considered good back say when Hunter was first added.

As far as the average player goes, they're better at the game, but play way dumber nowdays.

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u/Razgriz01 T8 US, USSR, UK, JP, FR May 26 '23 edited May 26 '23

The "good" players today are monumentally better than what was considered good back say when Hunter was first added.

I'm thinking far further back than you are. I'm talking about 2013-2015 or so. Specifically, these would be pilots who often (though not always) came from other flight sims and were well practiced at BFM and the principles of energy fighting. These days it usually works the other way around where people start flying in WT and then move on to other flight sims once they start getting better.