Stringjam
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- Jun 30, 2011
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You've mentioned this before. But can you explain this one to me? Conceptually it doesn't make sense (maybe it's just me). There isn't any lift is space so I can't understand why roll would help.
If you're flying straight ahead and a target crosses your bow, all roll is going to do is turn your ship over. You would still be flying in the same direction right? Yaw would allow you to point your bow at the target.
What am I missing?
Here's an example of, IMO, one of the best dual-stick pilots in BR. You see a common pattern develop in the way he rolls his PIP into targets as he closes distance and then rolls through the turn as the ship passes by.
:45 - 1:30 is a prime example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqarf_p9dlk
When I started doing similar I just found my aim naturally improved because I wasn't trying to follow a ship's vector just using yaw (some people are really good at it), which may be a joystick thing. I'm just not as smooth following ships without some pitch thrown in there.
You're still using yaw a lot (you can see that in the video), but its not like some videos where it looks like the ship never rolls at all. I think in the end it's just whatever you get used to. Aiming is not easy in the game, so you develop little ways to keep your PIP where you want it based on how your brain is wired.
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