Formation Flying?

Vedmo

Vedmo
I just realized in a couple of years playing this game I've never heard of any players getting together to drill formation flying. There's certainly plenty of stuff I haven't heard of that exists though, so is anyone aware if this is/has been a thing in Elite Dangerous?

Not sure I'd even be interested in doing it, but I would like to see it. Especially if some wrecks were involved.
 

Eliza

Eliza
Vedmo said:
Oh no, that's dancing.
I was thinking more like air show stuff.

I also remembered Google is a thing and have found a couple of references for ED...
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I did understand what you meant. Just wanted to pun a bit. 😁
I never thought about "formation flying" in ED. I do it in DCS (sort of). Could be an idea for my pvp-pals. The only missing thing is the camera-operator. ;)

If you find some vids, please post them here.(y)
 

Old Duck

Old Duck
Vedmo said:
Oh no, that's dancing.
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Combat in Elite Dangerous:
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Northpin

Northpin
Vedmo said:
players getting together to drill formation flying
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that requires a lot of practice to perform and it's usually done using visual cues to maintain position and a set flight path with well timed/coordinated course changes
Also in Ed i guess it's way harder to perform without access to VR so you can check permanently your position inside the formation or to recover the position in case you drift away and/or perform wrong maneuver.
 

Deleted member 38366

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I think the prime issue is that in ELITE, Formation flying simply serves no purpose?

On top of being a difficult thing to learn and become good at, the entire Combat and Wing Management just doesn't require any.

I'd reckon it's way beyond the scope of ELITE to teach 2Ship, 3Ship, 4Ship or even 4+4 Formation flying even in non-combat Scenarios.
No point in building stacked, counter-rotating CAPs or doing comm-out turns or taking various Formation types.
 

Craith

Volunteer Moderator
Craith
We planned a few minor things at some point, involving eagles and coloured exhaust trails, but never really went through with it ... not been bored enough I guess :)
 

Northpin

Northpin
I guess it could still be amazing provided that a group of 4 cmdrs with acces to vr will train together a lot and, maybe even more importantly, they also have a 5th cmdr in multicrew that is well versed in manning the free camera and on top of that has a cinematic eye.

The net result would be some quite amazing movies.
 

Vedmo

Vedmo
FalconFly said:
I think the prime issue is that in ELITE, Formation flying simply serves no purpose?
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Ya, the only reason to do it would be because you found enough people really interested in doing it for fun or because

Craith said:
not been bored enough I guess
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From your linked thread CMDR Rom:

CMDR Maylor Rom said:
It would be awesome to see 10 Anacondas doing a close formation with star bursts or 15/30 Sidewinders doing different types of formation styles, with full boosts for effects.
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I must say I agree.
 

Deleted member 38366

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Well, I guess it could be done just for kicks, someone just needs to scoop up enough interested Members. The rest then is content creation / Video editing.

Planet Surfaces are a dime a dozen and Planetary Installations don't mind being buzzed ;)
(in Deep Space it might be a tad difficult doing 3D maneuvers, although a nearby Gas Giant with very close Rings could provide that missing Reference Horizon)
 

Andy Gee

Andy Gee
Do the radar rectangles overlap to a single one when wings fly in very close formation?
That would give formation flying a meaningful tactical reason…


…but wait, that wouldn’t work either, the number of ships in a wing are still shown on scan.

Game is totally broken!:)
 

13A

13A
It's been done on a couple of expeditions.

I seem to remember a missing man formation at Beagle Point as part of the original Distant Worlds, plus there was an escort flight for Salome
 
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