Given that there is no oil being sprayed in your face, no real bullets flying past your head and no friendly mid air collisions to keep nervously looking over your shoulder to avoid, I guess the fuse is a compromise... as we know it actually was extremely difficult to take down a plane let alone 2 or 3 planes in a mission so the overall feel especially with Kess' FCJ is spot on for most people.
The main thing in FCJ is the "will I make it back alive?" thought that runs through your head throughout the mission
Saying that I haven't played RB for a few months and tonight tried out WFP with the new "Moving Front" patch by Mark Hutchinson and took down 3 Rumpler CIV's all from roughly behind without damage to myself so it must be OK
Don't forget Manfred von Richthofen's 900 rounds to take down Major Lanoe Hawker as he tried to escape, and only by hitting him in the head did he get him...and MvR aint a slouch at flying and shooting
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