Fighter Skill By Houses

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In-RP;

1.) Hispania
2.) Bretonia
3.) Rheinland

Why? Well for Hispania, they've been in constant war for centuries. Outcasts fight Corsairs. This has resulted in only the best pilots surviving for any length of time. And war only makes those good pilots better.

For Bretonia, it's similar to the two Hispanian factions. They've been at war for a few years now. Given that their opponent has the advantage of sheer numbers and a higher amount of more advanced equipment, they've been only managed to hold on for this long by flying much better than the Kusari pilots. Kusari upgraded its entire fleet, capships, fighters, etc., before the war began. Bretonia, who wasn't expecting a war, was not working on upgrading its navy as thoroughly. Thus, not everyone had the most up-to-date equipment.

Rheinland has a similar situation. They've been in more wars than the other four houses, and have the biggest pirate problem of them as well. (This is in-RP, not player-wise. Liberty pirate factions aren't as bad as the Rheinland pirate factions, nor as numerous.)

Player-wise? Really depends if you're talking about just lawfuls, or unlawfuls and lawfuls. For lawfuls, my experience is that Bretonia and Liberty are about equal in fighter piloting skill. Gallia isn't included in this, as I've not played there yet, so I haven't had a chance to really see them fight. But I'd put Liberty and/or Bretonia up there at the top in terms of lawfuls. For unlawfuls, I'd have to put Kusari has the top. There are some very very good pilots in the older Kusari unlawful factions.

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