1.4 Beta

[ranix]

Strafe. All the time. Like you're flying a Macross.

 

[SlackR]

I must be doing something wrong, or I'm horrible at this, or both! I barely defeated anyone, my shields disappear right away even at 4 pips, and it seems to take forever to make a dent in anyone else's shields. It probably doesn't help that I didn't try and make any adjustments to fire groups, loadout, etc.....maybe?
In the last group I was at lvl 2 and the rest were at 5 or 6. I guess I need

I wouldnt sweat it... I sucked yesterday, but today I won my last four matches in a row against soem decent commanders. I think that even experienced pilots need some time to get their head around the game style / tactics etc.

EDIt. Efficient Pip management and the odd FA off manoeuvre made the difference for me tonight.

 

[Mosait]

I wouldnt sweat it... I sucked yesterday, but today I won my last four matches in a row against soem decent commanders. I think that even experienced pilots need some time to get their head around the game style / tactics etc.

EDIt. Efficient Pip management and the odd FA off manoeuvre made the difference for me tonight.

I attempted again last night, and after getting a better feel for the environment and better management of my controls, it was a much better experience.

I was up against players in levels above 20, but that didn't seem to tilt the scales too heavily, which is nice to see. Otherwise, it may have been a slaughter.

A big positive for me, is that I increasingly laughed and for relaxed every time I blew up. Even if there was one player continually hounding me. It was a nice adjustment from playing in open. I'll admit my anxiety increases in pvp, but that has waned significantly with cqc.

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Aside from cqc, the biggest issue I've run into in Solo and open is that judder is overwhelming as more ships enter a system. Even with a few, the judder is horrible. I do not experience this in 1.3.

 

[Steelbreeeze]

MOUSE WIDGET: It was always available on the HUD. I use it all the time in 1.3. Problem for me at the moment is its SIZE. The original size was perfect, but the new, giant, widget obscures too much for me. I can understand it if some folks have REQUESTED a larger widget (although I am a frequent reader of forums and have not seen it asked for). If everyone else insists on keeping it, OK, but would it then be possible to arrange the control function on the menu to have 3 choices: Large, Small, and None?? Many thanks.

 

[duckutus]

fired up my elite after a few weeks abstinence last night and jumped right into CQC Deathmatch

CQC+Rift= Awesome !!!

And yes, it feels a little bit like cheating *muahahaha*

 

[Yololo69]

MOUSE WIDGET: It was always available on the HUD. I use it all the time in 1.3. Problem for me at the moment is its SIZE. The original size was perfect, but the new, giant, widget obscures too much for me. I can understand it if some folks have REQUESTED a larger widget (although I am a frequent reader of forums and have not seen it asked for). If everyone else insists on keeping it, OK, but would it then be possible to arrange the control function on the menu to have 3 choices: Large, Small, and None?? Many thanks.

+1

Totally agree. I didn't see the new one (not a beta guy) but I really want to have some different choices here.

 

[Gelt Vaughn]

CQC + RIFT is amazing, I was playing last Friday against some very capable pilots, on Kerrash's twitch stream, I don't think the rift gives too much of an advantage, certainly so in some circumstances though, especially being able to judge angles and dodging around corners in the nick of time. Not played / tested it all week been busy, getting withdrawal symptoms