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Landing your ship for the first time.
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:20 pm
by Sokonomi
Credits go to samprimaryPrettymuch.

Especially people without a proper HOTAS will know this all to well.
Re: Landing your ship for the first time.
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:22 pm
by Colin The Grey
lol

Aye that's just about what my first attempt was like.
Re: Landing your ship for the first time.
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:45 pm
by Grifs
Pretty much the same thing for me as well. Except that I accidentally shot my weapons and the station blew me up iirc.
Re: Landing your ship for the first time.
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:51 pm
by Ameena
Rofl...I've been hearing all sorts of things about people having trouble docking, but...I sort of...haven't ever had a problem. Sometimes I'll descend a little too fast and bump the landing pad a bit, or descend a little too early and knock against the...erm...shield...barrier...thingy that sticks up at an angle from the arse end (when you're landing) of the pad, but I've never taken any damage or anything. I like docking, I find it fun

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Re: Landing your ship for the first time.
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:31 am
by MrSandman
That was actually better than the first time I tried to land. Landing pad violation huh OMG they are shooting at me. Sigh clear save

Re: Landing your ship for the first time.
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 10:41 am
by Sokonomi
Flying a glass shoebox (T6 without shields), then figuring "Lets try autodocking, that should be a safe bet"... never again.
Re: Landing your ship for the first time.
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:01 am
by HAMM3R
LOL!*
*I nearly spat a mouthful of coffee on my monitor

Re: Landing your ship for the first time.
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:16 pm
by Ev Tankero
Sokonomi wrote:
Credits go to samprimaryPrettymuch.

Especially people without a proper HOTAS will know this all to well.
Haha!
Quite a similar experience than I had on my first attempts landing the training Sidewinder
I did try that though with a keyboard and a M$ Sidewinder Precision 2 flight stick but nevertheless, I remember having wished my Sidey would had been as stable as the Vogons' Yellow Brick like vessels in the notorius Hitchhikers Guide To Galaxy...
42, Fellow Commanders,
and don't forget to take your towel onboard.
Ev Tankero
Re: Landing your ship for the first time.
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:40 am
by mungfu
My first attempt at docking didn't involve asking permission first. The second attempt was just like the op. Probably the third as well. I still scare myself sometimes coming in at speed and gliding to a halt right on target. Docking is still one of the best things about E : D.
Re: Landing your ship for the first time.
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:43 am
by bulletstop
Lol.
Bullet