Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:46 pm by Tyran333
Honestly, i think Match Speed wouldn't have worked. I'm willing to bet that at some point, there may have been a Match Speed command. But i find that a lot of the times, the amount of people you're fighting, the sheer environment, and the rate of the fighting would make match speed a pretty useless and underused feature. For example, in the demo.. work a bit, buy some Liberty Mk II guns. you can pretty much squash rogues in a heartbeat. What's the point in having a match speed button? the Afterburner gives you enough power to overcome your enemy in short bursts, your guns will make quick work of the opponent, and then you're automatically targeting something new. Also, i think the Auto-Target feature was another concern.
Imagine this scenario:
You're in a fight, alone, with 4 other rogue ships. you're in the badlands, where there's a lot of well.. bad land, apparently. *grin* as you kill Guy A, you are auto-targeted to the next nearest enemy. the computer is also set to Match Speed with opponents, however this results in your smashing face first into a floating chunk of rock and exploding. Or what if you don't match speed? what if it when it auto-targets, it shuts down the match speed (like some other "FreeeXXXXXX" game i had.) then you're dealing with one extra button to play with. I ended up not liking the other "Freexxxx" game i played as much strictly because it required so many controls and buttons and whiz-bangs to operate it efficiently that i needed another hand just to really do it. I was so concerned with "Okay, Match Speed (Ctrl-M) now Auto-Target (Ctrl-T), ok, now Aim.. crap i'm hit. lemme rebuild my shield (Ctrl-S) ok, now aim, and fire. yay. i killed him. next guy.
I like Freelancer's style. the concept that I could realistically use a mouse and one hand, and it's comfortable for most things, the only times i run into an issue is docking and the rest of the function keys.
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