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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet
Nice, the X52 and new monitor sound like they have made the difference   I'll have to settle for my 17" Monitor and mouse and keyboard  |
Flying with the mouse isn't too bad. Targeting is pretty good... my biggest gripe was with 180° turns. The mouse had to be picked up and dragged several times to get the ship pointing in the right direction, which sorta took me outta the fight. That may just've needed some sensitivity adjustment?
I couldn't really get a feel for my relative position with the mouse and it turned dogfights into the kind I don't really like... just turning toward the offscreen target reticle until you see it in front (far away) and you start shooting at each other head on. ...and of course the throttle pretty much was just pegged at 80% or whatever.
With an FCS, you'll be able to jump on their tails and stay on em. I find that I need to constantly adjust throttle to keep em in my sights. When you do have those head on confrontations, you can also use directional thrusters to side-skid (or strafe) away from the tracing line of laser fire. Coordinating that control is a bit difficult with just the mouse and keyboard.
Right now though, I'm trying to find some at least moderately profitable trade routes and haven't had much luck. I do better killing pirates and selling their abandoned ships or the bits of equipment they happen to drop.