Every Build I Create Has Auto Dock
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I'd rather have one for SC assist
Yes please... That to...
You've obviously never watched the ADC land an 851m/sec iCourier at a surface installation.
It slams the ship into the pad so hard that the shield lights up like an xmas tree and then bounces about 20m back up into the air!
Is docking even a challenge?
To be fair, back in the 21st century less than 5% landings were on autoland.
Ah no I meant some specific people, gankers actually. By the way, flight assist and supercruise assist are two different things. Love supercruise assist.
The T9 and Cutter are best flown by slamming into things. It works great until it doesn't.
Why, should it be?
Perhaps shunning convenience for macho is the thing...
Try it after a few beers... It could be
Is getting up to switch channels on your TV a challenge?
Who knew human beings enjoy convenience, eh?!
It is after changing keybinds. Suddenly space QWOP.
Seems a bit of a waste, considering smaller ships tend to have fewer slots and tend to be easy to park, but... if it works for you, enjoy!
That said, if I'm just running a series of errands, or feel like taking a bit of a break with a larger ship, I often fit an ADC as well.
I swap it out for a backup AFMU on my deep exploration ship before I head out though, since I'd rather have the backup and I'm not going to be landing much at fixed locations.
This...
But when I'm trading, I still ram an unshielded, fully loaded, T9 through the slot at 220 m/s when I'm on pad 10, 25 or 40 and then throttle to zero for the touch down
Besides, the DC docks the T9 too low and scraps the paint... Usually with a few % hull damage. It's OK undocking though for some reason!
I've never gotten around to using any of the autopilot type stuff other than calling my ships back down and flight assist. I'm not necessarily apposed to it, but not something I'm particularly looking for from the game either. To each their own.
I prefer using the smaller ships too though, so that could be part of it.
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I prefer using the smaller ships too though, so that could be part of it.
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Years ago, I was combat elite, and a heavy hitting powerplay underminer, and my interdiction patrol ship had a big scoop, a big interdictor and a basic docking computer on it. It wasn't that I couldn't land, it was just a nice way of getting a couple of minutes rest, enjoy the luxury.
I fly 100% flight assist off, and even yet, on my mission runner ships I often carry an advanced docking computer, ususally I've got 3 or 4 missions onboard, so if I'm being lazy ir efficient, as I approach mission destination 1, I request docking, activate docking computer, and hit the galaxy map to plot a route to the next mission's destination.
Credit goes to Stanley Kubrik for his use of it in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey". I've never seen the movie, but I have seen others referring to this clip:
Real pilots have better things to do while docking old bean, what what
I've said numerous times that what we need is an electronics rack, that can in itself has slots, and can be populated with computer modules, such as autodock and limpet controllers, somewhat akin to a server rack in the world of today's enterprise computing.