The fight on Gladiator Im talking about was bunch of RHA guys + BH BS in Omega 3, I died in the end, but was able to take one out before dying. And dont forget it has CD and CD/T slots, and while being small, it has roughly 9200 hull I think, cant remember exactly now.
In my eyes its the best HF so far.
Greyhound - pilots were Petr/MarvinCZ and Sircian, it was 2v2, but when my werewolf wingman got killed, I was on my own. Luckily enough, Petr was low on bots, and ran after a while. Following your "HFz r inferior 2 VHFz in a duel lol" logic, I shouldnt have won against fully b/bed Templar, but I did.
Same with dueling Gezza in Templar one day. Nasty long fight, but again, HF won against VHF.
I dont think Im exceptional pilot or something, but when Im able to kill VHF in duel in all other HFs except the Paladin, it looks weird to me.
