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[Proposal]Simple and quick way to setup fallback point(for warping) in space is strongly needed.

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Kyon Rheyne
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-08-06 11:22:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Kyon Rheyne
You can allign your ship to some stellar body/bookmark and even maintain speed needed for instawarp to it, but when the time comes you still need to do Right Mouse Click for context menu, then choose the action from the list - and all this in critical combat situation. That's simply intolerable. I know about "S"+click hotkey, but its still too complex and cumbersome, and prone to missclicking. What really is need is a single keystroke warp ability, without any mouse movements(which is potentionally more inaccurate, then keyboard stroking). Here how I see this implemented:
1) Player right clicking (or use a new hotkey for this action) the object/bookmark and choose new option "Set as default warp destination"(with ability to specify offset distance as usual, like 5-10-20-30-etc km).
2) He then alligns his ship to this destination as before, and optionally maintain its speed.
3) When time comes he just use one simple key combintation (only keyboard, mouse not needed!) to send his ship warping to predefined location.
Lykouleon
Noble Sentiments
Second Empire.
#2 - 2013-08-06 15:57:12 UTC
There's a shortcut key already for warping.

You could also use the radial menu or the navigation windowmajig.

Lykouleon > CYNO ME CLOSER so I can hit them with my sword

Kyon Rheyne
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-08-06 20:18:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Kyon Rheyne
Lykouleon wrote:
There's a shortcut key already for warping.

You could also use the radial menu or the navigation windowmajig.


I've wrote quite a detailed explanation conveying strict requirments of proposed feature, why stating the obvious facts I've already mentioned? Radial menu prone to misclicking in stressed conditions, you can't use it as fast a typing a single key, shortcut which is combination of mouse move and click with key pressed (sic!) even worse in such a situation. All these aren't even close to efficiency of single key stroke. This feature I'm asking for is an emergency safeguard which imidiately and 100% guarantee will send your ship to predetermined (and easy to set) safespot with single and quick move of one hand (in fact one finger), mouse not involved (if you are already aligned and moving at least 3/4 of your normal speed, of course, so its like normal warping from any point except for it can be initiated with one key pressed).