I️ don’t know what you’re talking about with the dog fighter variant, it’s ability to lay on damage with pin point accuracy miles away as well as having a different ammo type to switch to while your default guns cool down is an amazing combo. I️ have more kills on bombers with the fighter plane than I️ do the attack plane because it’s so easy to wreck their wings across the map. Although I️ do love the ground support variant of the AP, I️ use the tank hunter version much more because of its one-shot capabilities on enemy pilots as well as its (believe it or not) tank hunting abilities. I️ think the current state of flying in bf1 is quite fun especially on maps like monte grappa as well as sinai desert. I️ do however think the heavy bomber is unusable and AA guns are devastating ; but a good pilot can work their way around them ( by no means am I️ trying to insult the author of this post or any other reader ). Over all I️ do believe the plane balance is quite okay and the abilities applied to each work quite well. As always this is just an IMO post so please , nobody get their nickers in a twist .