Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Basically I really liked the idea they had for Freelancer ( Space simulation game ) , where you controlled your ship with the W A S D keys on the keyboard , aimed the Crosshair which was in the middle of the screen by moving the mouse around , clicked the left mouse button to fire the selected weapon(s) , clicked and held in the right mouse button to change the direction of the ship.
This sort of control mechanic will make Eve online combat a little more involving , be able to dodge incoming fire etc. But for this to work , they would need to change the whole approach Eve online makes to speed in game , and would probably need to make adjustments on how ships receive speed boosts from afterburners and microwarpdrives. I really like Eve online for the strategic configuration of modules on ships and the player skill training element. But I would really like to be able to take on a stronger player , in terms of the amount of skill training and the expensive ship setup he or she has. To be able to win a pvp situation becauseIi was better able to exploit the ship weaknesses of the opposing ship and was perhaps concentrating a little bit harder during that particular PvP encounter. A really good pilot can take on many more ships by him or herself because that pilot has got way more experience in combat or is just a gifted pilot in terms of reflexes , analysing the situation etc. And yes I would like for ships to have weaknesses , regardless of the amount of effective HP that particular ship has , be able to take out mounted weapons , engines etc. This control system should have a toggle on/off mode , to allow players to choose between automated , or my suggestion manual mode.

This isn't a space simulation game, and it will never be.

Dodging incoming fire? From laser beams, plasma and bullets? Roflmao! You can't be serious?

Thanks the response.

First , every ships handles differently , of course battleships will not handle like fighters , the aiming system i mentioned will make it more interesting.

And second , if lag was a excuse for everything , this game will never improve. It will just be limited to a point because people keep saying lag will not make that particular feature possible.

If CCP want to make virtual space station walking possible lag is also gonna be a problem , but technology advances , servers get stronger etc.

Oh goody, the semi-weekly "Derp, eve should have laggy fight controls and be a completely different game that will lose 99% of its subs and needs to be rebuilt from the ground up, derp" thread.