I'm a big fan of the oculus in general for the immersion of being in the cockpit, but today had an even more immersive bit of combat due to some of the benefits of being able to lean around the cockpit.
A battle in my eagle saw me lose the canopy windshield to a large bounty I was taking out when a passing npc rammed me. I was left with no shields, 40% hull and a python I had just started on. A quick pause, and the realization that my a2 life support meant I had 25min, I decided I was going to finish the fight and go for the challenge.
When the windshield had blown out it left a tiny shard on the right side of the canopy. I found if I leaned over to the side, I could pickup my targeting readout. Was a really cool feeling to be able to work with what I had left of the canopy to finish the fight and collect my bounty. A python is a big target, but he had escorts that I needed to take out as well, which is where seeing where I was shooting came in handy, for the smaller fast targets.
It continued to be useful after supercruising to the nearest station as I could lean over and see how far I was away to my disengage, something not view-able with the blown out cockpit. I touched down with a smile on my face and 70,000 credits deposited to the bank account.
A battle in my eagle saw me lose the canopy windshield to a large bounty I was taking out when a passing npc rammed me. I was left with no shields, 40% hull and a python I had just started on. A quick pause, and the realization that my a2 life support meant I had 25min, I decided I was going to finish the fight and go for the challenge.
When the windshield had blown out it left a tiny shard on the right side of the canopy. I found if I leaned over to the side, I could pickup my targeting readout. Was a really cool feeling to be able to work with what I had left of the canopy to finish the fight and collect my bounty. A python is a big target, but he had escorts that I needed to take out as well, which is where seeing where I was shooting came in handy, for the smaller fast targets.
It continued to be useful after supercruising to the nearest station as I could lean over and see how far I was away to my disengage, something not view-able with the blown out cockpit. I touched down with a smile on my face and 70,000 credits deposited to the bank account.
