For those asking for space legs - what about VR / HOTAS controls?

[CylonSurfer]

Of course I know this.

That doesn't mean I'm not right.

Honestly I don't think there are going to be "legs" at all.
Ever.
Eve online keeps popping up as a comparison for a.
Ed like eve has a set. and established game play. yes locked to a seat perhaps. but it's one that works.

When eve added legs it was hated.
Before you would just use desktop like ui to find missions, Swap ships modules etc even had keyboard shortcuts.

Now the idea was you should walk, a lumbering slow pace, to a ratty couch. and awkwardly activate the same functions. But since people where still having to just get done the old interface was still present.

Guess which was used ?
They had lofty ideas but they all came to nothing, and now they have shut off that part of the game.

Adding space legs to ed would end up just as unwelcomed.

Any one game that ends up trying to cater to everything ends up doing everything badly.

Tor, respectfully I do not agree with the above or your original statement of:

I still hold to the notion that "space legs" should only exist with a few caveats.

1: it should only be possible to use the feature in 0g.
2: It would have to be a vr exclusive feature.

This is a game with a shared 2D and VR player base, any 'addon' has to work for both sections of said player base. There is little point arguing about that, there will never be "VR Only" addons for this game nor is there any need for there to be.

My opinion: Whatever we get, if we ever get it will not be 'Lone Echo' in Elite for VR players. You may as well forget it. You will get whatever 2D players get but for use in VR, same mechanics, same everything. Maybe the odd comfort setting thrown in.