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Manual piloting in tutorial

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Sofia Wolf
Ubuntu Inc.
The Fourth District
#1 - 2013-05-19 20:21:34 UTC
Few years back when I did tutorial there was no mention of “double click in space” manual piloting. I found about it after some 2-3 weeks of play. And from what I hear manual piloting still has no mention in current tutorial.

Needles to say it is outrageous that tutorial fails to teach noobs such fundamental game mechanic. CSM should bring this problem to CCP's attention and exert pressure on them to rectify it as soon as possible.

Jessica Danikov > EVE is your real life. the rest is fantasy. caught in a corporation. no escape from banality. open up yours eyes, peer through pod good and seeeeeee. I'm just a poor pilot, I need no sympathy. because I'm easy scam, easy go, little isk, little know. anyway the solar wind blows...
Mike Azariah
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-05-19 21:25:26 UTC
This is high on my list of things to mention when we start talking about things missing from the tutorials (if we do)

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Sofia Wolf
Ubuntu Inc.
The Fourth District
#3 - 2013-05-19 21:40:47 UTC
Thx Mike!

Jessica Danikov > EVE is your real life. the rest is fantasy. caught in a corporation. no escape from banality. open up yours eyes, peer through pod good and seeeeeee. I'm just a poor pilot, I need no sympathy. because I'm easy scam, easy go, little isk, little know. anyway the solar wind blows...
Dark Drifter
Sons of Seyllin
Pirate Lords of War
#4 - 2013-05-28 09:55:22 UTC
manual piloting is a skill not a mechanic.

saying that a tool tip in one of the combat missions would be a simple fix to your niggle instead of adding a tutorial just for it
Tarunik Raqalth'Qui
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2013-05-29 13:13:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Tarunik Raqalth'Qui
Dark Drifter wrote:
manual piloting is a skill not a mechanic.

saying that a tool tip in one of the combat missions would be a simple fix to your niggle instead of adding a tutorial just for it

It's both, really. Double-clicking in space to get your ship to go in X direction is the mechanic. Figuring out how to make effective use of that is the skill ;) Some folks never get as far as part 1 of that, sadly, though, which is what the tutorial's intended to fix.

P.S. would that be a good time to introduce a turret tracking/range demo into the tutorial as well?
Mike Azariah
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2013-05-30 17:31:14 UTC
Turret tracking is a good idea although some might argue that it is mechanics and not a skill that needs to be learned. Noted for discussion, though

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sabre906
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2013-05-30 17:50:51 UTC
There should be a method of manual piloting more accurate and less fail than double click in space while trying to face the camera in the neighborhood of right direction. Implement that first, before giving rookies the impression of Eve as a beta game.