Ducking at Coriolis Stations
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my wife and kids give me funny looks when i say "qwack"
Almighty Bob
Banned
I do not duck. But I once found myself peering inside my monitor and downwards to try to spot my landing pad.
As an aside about 15 years ago, I was a passenger in a car in Scotland I was reading the map. The driver shouted 'duck'. I looked up as we had an almighty crash to see a cow hit the windscreen and go over the car. When we stopped moving, in a field and the world went silent. he looked us all shaking the backseat passenger said ' duck you think edit edit that was a edit cow'.
As an aside about 15 years ago, I was a passenger in a car in Scotland I was reading the map. The driver shouted 'duck'. I looked up as we had an almighty crash to see a cow hit the windscreen and go over the car. When we stopped moving, in a field and the world went silent. he looked us all shaking the backseat passenger said ' duck you think edit edit that was a edit cow'.
lol YES, and twisting around to find the landing pad.
Just make sure you duck your ship not just your head when exiting at high speed and a Lakon T9 is coming in !!
Just make sure you duck your ship not just your head when exiting at high speed and a Lakon T9 is coming in !!
No, surprisingly. I say surprisingly because playing battlefield I find it absolutely impossible to keep my head still while guiding a tv missile.
It's an interesting behaviour - like leaning into corners when playing a driving game, or peering into the monitor at funny angles, because you think you can 'see' around corners etc. We are hard-wired to respond in certain ways, and even when playing a game we just subconsciously react.
Says something for the immersion of a game, too. I've seen Rift users literally trembling and close to tears, having experienced a simulated rollercoaster ride! I always winced slightly when entering a station, sans docking computer, in the original Elite. The sound of all of my shields being shredded still gives me nightmares.
Says something for the immersion of a game, too. I've seen Rift users literally trembling and close to tears, having experienced a simulated rollercoaster ride! I always winced slightly when entering a station, sans docking computer, in the original Elite. The sound of all of my shields being shredded still gives me nightmares.
ollobrains
Banned
i qwake everytime i go through those stations
I have jumped out of my seat and nearly fallen onto the floor, I've come so close in my Cobra. So, yes.
+rep for making me smile 
Yeah I do it too sometimes, which ends up distorting where I am looking with the TrackIR lol
Yeah I do it too sometimes, which ends up distorting where I am looking with the TrackIR lol
Haha, try flying in so the letterbox is vertical.
Though, you'll likely find yourself cringing instead of ducking, lol.
Oh yes all the time. And pull my feet up when coming in too low.
I'm the other way around. I deploy landing gear so late that quite often it's the gear locking into place that causes the pad to grab the ship. I find full throttle with one or two pips in engines gives an approach speed between 100 and 130 in my Cobra and T6 which is a reasonable compromise between speed and manoeuvrability with good rated thrusters. But I do nearly get caught out occasionally...
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Because I use TrackIR ducking can actually help, because if I duck I tend to look up slightly which gives a better view of how close I am to the top of the tunnel. But then I haven't flown anything larger than a T6 outside of a beta, and I'm guessing my strategy might have to change if get one of the bigger ships.
Aside: unrelated to ED but when I play FPS games with "lean" controls, I do tend to lean in my chair as I'm peeking around corners. I've been doing that for over ten years. My wife thinks it's hysterical.
LMAO yes. These days I close my eyes and pray because the Docking Computer has taken over.