kirotheavenger wrote:
It definitely all felt very weightless and campy to me.
Also really just seemed like the Eldar were sitting and dodging for dramatic effect, to just warp behind the Imperials and shoot them down as soon as the scene was ended.

The maneuvers the Eldar pull aren't remotely like anything they can do in the actual Aeronautica Imperialis game. In the game an Eldar fighter is definitely more agile but still on a level where a fight can happen.

Simply put the Nightwing is capable of aerobatic feats which would be physically impossible in lesser craft thanks to the Eldar's mastery of anti-gravity technology, such as a gravity-dampened cockpit to protect the pilot. Its multi-geometric wings can shift in flight to improve the craft's performance: Nightwings have been recorded at speeds of 3,600 kph by Imperial forces with wings fully swept back, and though only capable of 2,300 kph when fully extended, this allows the craft to perform high speed, high-g turns and easily out-manoeuvre the enemy in a dogfight. Nightwing pilots will master this ability to switch between the two settings, suddenly breaking to throw off a pursuit and gain an edge during dogfighting. This performance is further enhanced by the fact that Nightwings, like all Eldar aircraft, are constructed of advanced psycho-plastics, including Wraithbone, which are attuned to the pilot's psychic abilities, improving response time

 Ashiraya wrote:

 kirotheavenger wrote:
It definitely all felt very weightless and campy to me.
Also really just seemed like the Eldar were sitting and dodging for dramatic effect, to just warp behind the Imperials and shoot them down as soon as the scene was ended.

That was the intention, no? They were toying with the Imperials. Waiting for them to run out of ammo, then deciding the fun's over and blasting them.

The maneuvers the Eldar pull aren't remotely like anything they can do in the actual Aeronautica Imperialis game. In the game an Eldar fighter is definitely more agile but still on a level where a fight can happen.

To quote Lexicanum (which itself quotes a variety of sources):

Simply put the Nightwing is capable of aerobatic feats which would be physically impossible in lesser craft thanks to the Eldar's mastery of anti-gravity technology, such as a gravity-dampened cockpit to protect the pilot. Its multi-geometric wings can shift in flight to improve the craft's performance: Nightwings have been recorded at speeds of 3,600 kph by Imperial forces with wings fully swept back, and though only capable of 2,300 kph when fully extended, this allows the craft to perform high speed, high-g turns and easily out-manoeuvre the enemy in a dogfight. Nightwing pilots will master this ability to switch between the two settings, suddenly breaking to throw off a pursuit and gain an edge during dogfighting. This performance is further enhanced by the fact that Nightwings, like all Eldar aircraft, are constructed of advanced psycho-plastics, including Wraithbone, which are attuned to the pilot's psychic abilities, improving response time

I feel like this episode was inspired by this very text.

 kirotheavenger wrote:

I never got the sense that that was intended, and such arrogance seems out of character of the Craftworld Eldar. It's what I'd expect from a Harlequin or something.

The Nightwing is the primary fighter craft of the Eldar, combining a speed and manoeuvrability that no Imperial or any other aircraft can match, along with considerable firepower and sophisticated energy field protection. An exceptional fighter-interceptor, Nightwings are expected to go into combat outnumbered by the enemy and still establish air superiority, performing maneuvers which would send lesser craft in an uncontrollable plummet and achieve speeds which would tear them apart.

It is not uncommon for Imperial Navy Wings operating in airspace contested by Nightwings to suffer losses of 75% in just a few days of combat. During the Chagris Incusion an Eldar sky host known as Lileath's Blade, despite numbering only four Nightwings, accounted for sixty-six destroyed Hell Talons in just the first week without suffering a single loss.