That still doesn't prevent the fact that the pilot wouldn't be able to see where he was as the cameras were blown to bits.
Ship Design - Safety concern
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That still doesn't prevent the fact that the pilot wouldn't be able to see where he was as the cameras were blown to bits.
Better the cameras blown to bits than the pilot. At least in that context, the whole "Eject, Eject, Eject" survival would make sense. If your canopy is gone and you still take frontal fire, how come you aren't dead yet? Why will suffocation kill you, but not lasers to the face? How does ejecting help you miraculously survive suffocation to claim insurance and get back in the fight in the first place?
Truly convincing. Someone decided this a year ago, so we can't change it in the next 100 years.
Sorry for this irony, and I do not suggest CHANGING anything. I suggest an ADDITION! Who wants it, buys it and uses it. Who doesn't - isn't forced to do so. Why fight with this?
Let's rather pass this idea to Frontier Dev., may they give it a thought or two, is expanding the game experience worth it or not.
Hahaha good one!
Pretty much the rule of cool I'm afraid. ED is following the old sci fi fantasy of fighter planes in space, and fighter planes still have exposed cockpits these days (though they already give their pilots better situational awareness than the cockpits in ED).
If we want to go full on believability (I'm not even going to pretend talking about realism in a game with faster than light travel), we'd have to question the very notion of people flying spaceships themselves so...
If we want to go full on believability (I'm not even going to pretend talking about realism in a game with faster than light travel), we'd have to question the very notion of people flying spaceships themselves so...
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Remiel
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Out of everything you listed, I can say as a real pilot that the Mk.I eyeball is the most useful visual instrument available to a pilot. Screens break, but if your eyes break, even screens are useless so you're completely screwed anyway. Point is, seeing with eyes gives better situational awareness than any screen.
And another great use for Palladium too!
I had a similar discussion a few days back.
And while we came to the conclusion that having a glass canopy is fair game (design perspective and all). But we did agree that adding a protective armored shell and cameras for outside view would be really cool when installing heavier, especially mil. grade armor.
I'd really love to see some outside changes to the ships when installing higher grade armor, like additional plates being fixed over weak/important points on your ship.
In the case of the canopy this could mean that installing mil. spec. armor would provide you with an armored shell for your canopy and cams on the outside that would project what you would see through the canopy onto the inside of the shell. In case of (battle) damage and the cams being knocked out, the armored shell would jettison and reveal the canopy again.
All topics on how to balance this aside, I think this would really add to the feel of flying a ship specced for combat.
And while we came to the conclusion that having a glass canopy is fair game (design perspective and all). But we did agree that adding a protective armored shell and cameras for outside view would be really cool when installing heavier, especially mil. grade armor.
I'd really love to see some outside changes to the ships when installing higher grade armor, like additional plates being fixed over weak/important points on your ship.
In the case of the canopy this could mean that installing mil. spec. armor would provide you with an armored shell for your canopy and cams on the outside that would project what you would see through the canopy onto the inside of the shell. In case of (battle) damage and the cams being knocked out, the armored shell would jettison and reveal the canopy again.
All topics on how to balance this aside, I think this would really add to the feel of flying a ship specced for combat.
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Yes it can shatter but I've seen hulls EXPLODE! Don't want to be right in the middle of that.
It's for the same reason we don't sit pilots of large military aircraft in a room full of screens today. As soon as whatever is running the screens dies, or if there is a glitch or electrical fault the pilot becomes blind. Also can you imagine the cost along with the loss of a sensible use of space inside the ship and the vast increase in power consumption?!
It just makes more sense to have the pilot sitting somewhere where they can actually see out of the ship rather than trying to create that artificially.
Of course the glass in Elite is both hardened and bullet proof(ish) but it is as you say, a weak spot.
It just makes more sense to have the pilot sitting somewhere where they can actually see out of the ship rather than trying to create that artificially.
Of course the glass in Elite is both hardened and bullet proof(ish) but it is as you say, a weak spot.
I remember storys of the a10 pilots who got shot by a light amout of ground fire, and then ended up losing there hud or a mfd or two, despite the aircraft having tons of armor and the pilot being totaly free of harm. keep in mind that the cockpit has like 20 tons of armor on it. I doubt the pilots would also like to have to worry about the vision to the out side be knocked out in the same way.