Since we seem to be stuck with just two fire buttons, I think it would be very handy to be able to have an "alternating fire" option for fire groups, so that weapons take turns firing. For example, I could have a fire group of two plasma accelerators, and firing the group would fire only one of them, with a second squeeze of the trigger firing the other one. If I held down the trigger, firing would be "spread out" to steady intervals based on actual fire rate (whether dictated by the fire rate or reload time), the second gun would fire when the first one is half-way ready to fire again, etc. This would help having a sustained rate of fire and keeping heat in check.
IMO this would be really handy, especially for ships with lots of fire groups, because switching between a lot of groups gets cumbersome quickly. People feel compelled to limit themselves to a couple of weapon types to make firing them easier.
IMO this would be really handy, especially for ships with lots of fire groups, because switching between a lot of groups gets cumbersome quickly. People feel compelled to limit themselves to a couple of weapon types to make firing them easier.
