Fixed weapons and FA off?

[777Driver]

Anyone care to have a maneuverability challenge?
Marek15 using FAON Vs someone that is proficient at FAOFF
and then post the video on here. It doesn't need to be a shoot out, just see who keeps the other in sights the longest

I am genuinely interested in the outcome of this as I am doing a little FAOFF just to get nimble ships back into view but if FAON technique can match it I would rather learn that.

Marek15, You up for it?
Anyone else?

Am definitely up for it, all in good fun tho. Sounds like Marek has had a traumatic experience and needs a hug :/ Tbh it has nothing to do with whatever method is better, it is purely down to flying style and preference. I don't like a computer interfering with my inputs, I also like exact control over how much drift is put into a maneuver. All about flexibility

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[Devil's advocate] Do you know that the AI doesn't use FA-off because all maneuvers can be done with FA-on? [/Devil's advocate]

I don't think we should use AI as a judge of flying skill or thinking outside the box No disrespect to Sarah! Anyway, I'll say it one last time.. It's all about flying style, you have competent FA-ON cmdrs, and you have competent FA-OFF cmdrs

 

[Marek15]

Anyone care to have a maneuverability challenge?
Marek15 using FAON Vs someone that is proficient at FAOFF
and then post the video on here. It doesn't need to be a shoot out, just see who keeps the other in sights the longest

I am genuinely interested in the outcome of this as I am doing a little FAOFF just to get nimble ships back into view but if FAON technique can match it I would rather learn that.

Marek15, You up for it?
Anyone else?

Like i mentioned in an earlier post, post the link to video of a non-CQC pilot flying with FA off and point to the specific segments you want me to copy. I will try my best to match it and i will upload the recording of it.
As long as it is not flying in a perfectly straight line while pitching and rolling all over the place, i am confident i can match it.

 

[Nerwan]

[Devil's advocate] Do you know that the AI doesn't use FA-off because all maneuvers can be done with FA-on? [/Devil's advocate]

I hate to say this, but you realize FA is part of the AI right? I rather doubt that the AI is like a replacement human choosing whether or not to turn FA on/off, I imagine it gets direct control over all the flight controls but chooses to fly in a style which looks a lot like FA on.

 

[Father Cool]

Ha!
Problem is I only have one hat which currently is bound to pips with thrusters on a modifier. I will swap them over and see which works better for me, I do adjust pips a bit during combat but maybe not as much as I would use thrusters if they work well at keeping targets in the sights

I run some pip presets on voice attack to free up the hat but with manual pip control on a hat modifier in case I want to tweak.

 

[guido1205us]

Slightly off topic and I apologise OP, but does anyone use lateral and vertical thrusters for fine positioning during combat?

Yep - the trick is to find the combination of FA off/on while using the lateral/vertical thrusters to keep your target in your site. I find in my A-Vulture I can get nice a close and keep beams on a Anacoda sitting in their blindspot with ease. Wings is a different story and I seem to be running away more often than a like.

FAS or FDL may be in my near future.