You know, I do compete against all players and platforms. I do not usually receive complaints in game from other players other than lag once in awhile. Usually the complainer is from the other side of the planet playing on my closest server...is everyone so polite that they're too nice to tell me I'm cheating or I have an advantage? No.
I just happened to find this game when I bought a new laptop. I have tried it on both my iPhone and my daughter's iPad. There are advantages and disadvantages to each.
I'm not going to lie, I know when I'm turn fighting against a fellow PC player. Guys like Zebra, Pie of Jerry, Blackwolf, etc are guys that I struggle with. But they're tough because they're great pilots, not because of the device they play on. I think I probably do have an advantage against a guy on a tablet in turn fighting. I have brought down some pretty awesome pilots that use tablets and PC's. But even with the best planes, I wasn't doing well in turn fighting at first...somewhere along the lines the skill was developed too. Not just the win 8 advantage.
But head on my cursor will either be aimed to high or too low...lots of tablet players will nail me before I can line them up. It's just how it is.
But everyone I fly against takes 4 hits to bring down regardless of platform. Anything more than that is a lag issue or they haven't got the latest update...plain and simple.
I've said this before, PC users are around 25 percent of the DF population. Getting rid of us won't help. Lag will still be there.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go fill out my hurt feelings report.