Here’s my problem: I suck in combat. “Suck” is defined as: can’t even beat the ship in the first combat tutorial.
I am using a (new) T.Flight Hotas, just getting used to it. Suffice it to say that I wasn’t even close to handling dogfighting in my few weeks with mouse and keyboard.
I’m fine if I never get good at it. But I’d love to be able to do some easy bounty missions at some point. I’m not going to try in-game combat, though, until I can complete the tutorials. When I’m interdicted in-game, I run for the hills (and I usually do escape).
When I play the tutorial, I have my ship moving at about half maximum speed. Finding the opponent is not a problem – I’ve OK with making use of the scanner to orient my ship properly. The real problem is simply targeting as the bad guy zips by. He’s just too fast and my reflexes are too slow.
Any suggestions?