Proposal Discussion The right way to fly website vid

[Gortron]

Hi Commanders,

I don't post on here much but read the forums a lot. It seems to me as the game is becoming more noticed, and more people are buying it, there is a definite increase in the number of people with the hump about the flight model (starting thread, after thread about it). It also seems that most people become less annoyed after they are told about "keeping speed in the blue", "roll over yaw" and "lateral thrust" etc..

So now that FD has this rather spiffing new Elite Dangerous website, I'm thinking perhaps it would be a good idea for them to create a video that explains the basics of flight like the "Dock the right way" video?

The flight model is brilliant but the more affordable this game gets the more people are going to buy it expecting a FPS in space. At the very least if someone doesn't see it on the main website and buys ED, then when they post on here about it, there is an easy link and they shouldn't feel like they have been mislead.

What do you reckon?

 

[Gwyvern]

There is no right way to fly, the main problem with the control gripes is that there are still several features missing from the controls and from controll customization, and absolutely none of it is explained or brought to light in game, one they add all that, there wont be a problem

 

[Gortron]

There is no right way to fly, the main problem with the control gripes is that there are still several features missing from the controls and from controll customization, and absolutely none of it is explained or brought to light in game, one they add all that, there wont be a problem

That's not what I'm seeing (mouse controls aside, I've not even tried those). It is almost always about lack of yaw or general turn rates.. I played the original Elite that had no yaw and I was a bit horrified with the turn rates in any direction at first. I worked out what was wrong but I came close to posting my dissatisfaction on here first. In fact after over a month playing, I only discovered by accident, last week, that boosting increases turn rate (I had assumed it would do the opposite so never tried on purpose )

 

[Gortron]

There is no right way to fly, the main problem with the control gripes is that there are still several features missing from the controls and from controll customization, and absolutely none of it is explained or brought to light in game, one they add all that, there wont be a problem

Btw my post wasn't intended as an attack on people that are having problems with the flight model / controls. If I've worded it that way it was unintentional. There is a flight model that seems to baffle a lot of people though and no tutorial.