🚀 go-pugleaf

G'day,

As a new pilot, I'm hoping to learn the answers to some basic
questions.

1. What is the point of rolling the ship?  It appears to go in the
same direction, only at a different angle.  Why is rolling the ship a
good thing to do?

2. Are any of the guns better than others?  In the FAQ, it recommends
turning the guns to "all fire".  Yet the doco says this drains the
batteries in a hurry.  For example, are the plasma guns significantly
better against capital ships (as stated in the doco)?

3. Is playing with a joystick better than with a mouse?

4. I hear considerable static while Blair is walking around the
Victory, but the static disappears during combat (i.e., right after he
climbs into his ship for a mission).  Has anyone else experienced this
problem?  If so, is there a solution?

5. Does the selection of co-pilot matter?  All of them are much better
than I am at this point.

6. When I watch my wingman beating the crap out of the kitties, his or
her rate of fire appears to be much higher than mine.  Has anyone else
experienced this?

7. Are there any exercises or practice routines to improve flying
skills.  Even at rookie level, the kitties are bloody difficult to
shoot.  Other than just flying more missions, does anyone have
recommendations for learning the required flying skills?

Your help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Doug

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