The Gaming News Thread

[Beskar]

Uh, well clearly something has changed because while you arent shown actually in the cockpit, you can fly your ship wherever you want, not reliant on autopilot.

By "flying" is it right click, click "fly to planet x" or "astroid x" with things like "range, 500m" then just watch as it jumps, then slows down then simply orbits the object. For long flights, you use the galatic map and just click "travel" then you have to wait 20 jumps as the ship just flies itself. There was no hands on "I am going to fly in-between these rocks, or do the loop-the-loop, hell-yeah!" or any sort of real control.

Uh oh. You used the "D" word. That might be a road block.

Talking months and years, easily, to get anywhere remotely near one of those..

[Hooahguy]

By "flying" is it right click, click "fly to planet x" or "astroid x" with things like "range, 500m" then just watch as it jumps, then slows down then simply orbits the object. For long flights, you use the galatic map and just click "travel" then you have to wait 20 jumps as the ship just flies itself. There was no hands on "I am going to fly in-between these rocks, or do the loop-the-loop, hell-yeah!" or any sort of real control.

Fair point. And Ill agree with you that sometimes it can be a very, very boring game. Flying in between high-security systems to get the best price on something is incredibly boring. Waiting for a skill to train is also very boring. Its long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer excitement/terror/adrenaline. Especially as a low-level player where there is a lot of enemy ships which can wipe you out very quickly. Its really the type of game that you log on, check to see if your corp is doing anything nearby, and if not, check your training queue, then log off and play Skyrim or something.