I flew like a total noob. So why am I happy?

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Because I killed my first Elite NPC with mouse and keyboard.

Yes, this comes easy to the "gud" crowd, yes, the NPC was in a Cobra Mk IV.

But I'm just an average guy. I'm no ace pilot. :)

So killing this guy with a input device that is, in combat, alien to me... I'm really chuffed.

And hey... We all have to start somewhere. ;)
 

Knightshark

Knightshark
Un1k0rn said:
Because I killed my first Elite NPC with mouse and keyboard.

Yes, this comes easy to the "gud" crowd, yes, the NPC was in a Cobra Mk IV.

But I'm just an average guy. I'm no ace pilot. :)

So killing this guy with a input device that is, in combat, alien to me... I'm really chuffed.

And hey... We all have to start somewhere. ;)
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A guy....?

:p
 

mpfj

mpfj
Congrats o7

Have always played K/B & Mouse, but am determined to somehow master FA-Off.

Unfortuantely, I'm not sure it's possible with K/B + mouse ... unless anyone can enlighten me ???
 

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CMDR Corlas said:
The trick to killing someone with a mouse and keyboard is to hit them hard enough with the keyboard to disorient them a bit. It can be tricky with a modern keyboard, unless you have something really beefy with mechanical switches. Once you've done that though, it's pretty simple.
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9001/10
 

Viscera

Viscera
CMDR Corlas said:
The trick to killing someone with a mouse and keyboard is to hit them hard enough with the keyboard to disorient them a bit. It can be tricky with a modern keyboard, unless you have something really beefy with mechanical switches. Once you've done that though, it's pretty simple.
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You forgot to say what you have to do with the mouse, in order to finish them off.....:eek:

I find it hard to understand what the issue is with playing with a mouse and keyboard. But then I have played that way all the time, so I guess it is just what i am used to. Oddly when I helped a friend get started on Elite on his PC, showing him a few basic things, he had a joystick, and I really struggled to fly the ship using it. So much so he had to give me the mouse and keyboard to use instead of the joystick.
 

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JohnF said:
You forgot to say what you have to do with the mouse, in order to finish them off.....:eek:

I find it hard to understand what the issue is with playing with a mouse and keyboard. But then I have played that way all the time, so I guess it is just what i am used to. Oddly when I helped a friend get started on Elite on his PC, showing him a few basic things, he had a joystick, and I really struggled to fly the ship using it. So much so he had to give me the mouse and keyboard to use instead of the joystick.
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Most of my life I've been gaming on consoles. Indeed I was introduced to this game on Xbox.
 

Viscera

Viscera
I know consoles well. I am old enough to have suffered from Atari joystick hand cramp. Damn you Daley Thompson, I am sure I still have the stigmata.

The joystick on my old dragon 32 was also a belter, it had no springs to return it to the central point, you put it where it needed to be and it stayed in that position. It was a very acquired use thing, on Donkey Kong and Joust it was certainly awkward, and made Defender very very difficult.

I also remember a joystick coming out that had TWO fire buttons on it. One of which was a trigger. That was an amazing thing in its day.
 

Arguendo

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mpfj said:
Congrats o7

Have always played K/B & Mouse, but am determined to somehow master FA-Off.

Unfortuantely, I'm not sure it's possible with K/B + mouse ... unless anyone can enlighten me ???
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A lot, if not the majority, of the best FA OFF pilots in this game play with KB+M. The trick is using "Relative mouse" in the control settings, and ofcourse lots, and lots of practice.
 

Stealthie

Stealthie
S'funny, years ago I started playing combat sims with a keyboard and mouse but I always preferred the "realism" of a joystick.
At the time, it was just starting to become apparent that a kb&m was superior to a joystick and for ages (possibly years) I felt like I was struggling to use a joystick effectively.

These days, I couldn't even begin to try and play a sim' with a kb&m again.
Weird how your brain manages to "re-wire" itself eventually.
 

Riverside

Riverside
Stealthie said:
S'funny, years ago I started playing combat sims with a keyboard and mouse but I always preferred the "realism" of a joystick.
At the time, it was just starting to become apparent that a kb&m was superior to a joystick and for ages (possibly years) I felt like I was struggling to use a joystick effectively.

These days, I couldn't even begin to try and play a sim' with a kb&m again.
Weird how your brain manages to "re-wire" itself eventually.
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I come from a simracing background and after using the keyboard for a while I saw the benefit of analogue controls & went through a couple of cheap joysticks to a FF joystick with homemade pedals. I raced online & did it well. Eventually I bought a good FF wheel & pedals, and it took me a long time to adapt but eventually I was even faster. I added an H-gate gearshifter and it didn't make me faster (it became possible to fluff gearchanges where the paddles were perfect every shift, but the H-gate could give faster shifts when you did it right).

Realism eventually trumped speed for me, and when I played Elite+, then Oolite & now ED, I use a joystick (HOTAS nowadays) because it feels to me like the right controller to use. If I played on a laptop in the living room I guess I'd use the Kb/M to save space, if I played on a console I'd probably use a gamepad (if no HOTAS was available) but I play on a desktop PC so I use a HOTAS because I can, and because I no longer feel the pressure to compete, I can just play my own way.

I have nothing against Kb/M users (or any other control method), but there's more than one way to define 'best' imo.
 

Madrax573

Madrax573
mpfj said:
Congrats o7

Have always played K/B & Mouse, but am determined to somehow master FA-Off.

Unfortuantely, I'm not sure it's possible with K/B + mouse ... unless anyone can enlighten me ???
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I'm 100% FA-off with KB+M controls.

If you want a hand check out my YT vid for KB+M setup and join our discord, linked in my sig etc. We are all about getting more people flying FA-off :)

Go on you know you want to!
 

CMDR Heydan Seegil

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CMDR Heydan Seegil
Personally I like flying with mouse and keyboard, but then I don't have an HOTAS so I've never tried. I do have a mouse with tons of extra buttons and a DPI switch which is great for tracking targets with fixed beams.

Anyway good work CMDR

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Spacecat said:
I've always been KBAM. I was going to buy a flight stick, but realized I was perfectly happy with KBAM, so never bothered.
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I'm starting to think the same. Trust me, the temptation to just buy a HOTAS is there... But if I do I'll never master keyboard and mouse.

As it stands I just need to keep practicing.

*sigh*

I wish I could project this determination on my health. :/
 

coca_fr

coca_fr
Congratulations !! because flying with mouse and keyboard was a nightmare when i started ED two years ago... And so i quickly bought a X52 Hotas !!

I was never more than happy since then.

I really encourage you to buy one if you have the money.
 
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