HB is slow paced, but unlike in arcade you often meet skilled enemies and you know you made something right when you have made a kill. It's generally feels more rewarding to kill something. I agree that all the climbing is annoying though, I indeed surf on the internet while doing so quite a lot. THerefore I can totally understand when yoiu prefer arcade. But the fact that you just have to go get a tiny bit of altitude more than the enemy and simply dive on their tails does not make it much fun to me on the long term. Furthermore you really feel the advantages and disadvantages of all the planes in HB, in arcade the simplified flight models seem to put the planes on a similar level of effectiveness, even if you fly them differently.