Last night we had the 7 Red 25 gold situation again as flyers fled to the winning side. It is extremely hard to survive these odds. I would suggest a 24 hour penalty for changing sides or better still a Court Martial with Siberia the destination for persistent offenders. popoff
It will cost them a few more time, which may prevent 1 or 2 people from doing it. BTW in this situation reds are happy! To golds it becomes boring. The best way to utilize it so far is: to take fighters when your side is weaker, to take bombers and capture fields when your side is numerous (but for this you need organisation - here squads come in ).
Changing names wouldn't be much use for the score builders though it would be a bonus to cowards. Why not try it anyway? Far as squads are concerned I would suggest that survivable fighter flying is GREATLY benefitted by squad tactics. eg try engaging a 109 + Ki flying together and communicating. By the way we are deep into 1943 and not a P51 in sight for REDS. popoff