Ok through my experiances against the d8 is that its just a bit to cheap ok imagine you have the the beggining tier planes and your in the pro servers and now ur fighting against a top tier plane. now that they cutt of its lower wing and its top wing is only avalible when u start firing u waste a heck of bullets and still no hit.Here is how its works when ur up against a D8 ur most likely gonna get shot down or rammed usually u need to be very skilled or have dv, se5a, fokker dr1 or a higher to shoot it down.I have shot down a D8 a few times with beggining tier planes but most of the time im jacking my KDR.I use a n17 and the fokker e3 and rarely the albert d3 and these planes will struggle against a D8 so unless u got mad skills or a dv and up ur toast and u should probaly exist the server i think zup should make the D8 a tiny bit bigger or lower it 1 teir to level the plain feild.But I do beleive a great player can easily shoot down a D8, it takes alot of skill or luck though.