[ELPIRATA]

If you see the pic that appeared on the DSD... the sol docking 'tube' you can see the 'new rings'. They arent like the old rings, but you can see them easily, is 2 lines comprised of blue dots of light. You'll have to look close because there are many light sources in that shot.

ELP

[netburnr]

Originally Posted by Anvil

Well in that case beacons need to be redesigned to be an 8k long obstacle course. I mean flying through them is just too easy.

But seriously, I only meant it should be optional like GG says.

Anvil

Hey, I take offense here being someone who just smacked one of those "way too easy" beacons.

lol

Originally Posted by Jump

Who cares about realism and era's? I want to fly my ship. If you can just fly into a five mile wide hole and you are docked then that's just point and click kiddie game crap and I might as well play EVE or Pac Man.

While I agree with the sentiment, I do think that you should not have to dock like "roiding" where you have to actually set the ship down. That is time consuming and tedious, and nearly impossible while heavy.

Originally Posted by ELPIRATA

If you see the pic that appeared on the DSD... the sol docking 'tube' you can see the 'new rings'. They arent like the old rings, but you can see them easily, is 2 lines comprised of blue dots of light. You'll have to look close because there are many light sources in that shot.

ELP

Can you please download the pic, put it in the gallery, and embed it so we can see? Come on moderator!

[ELPIRATA]

Uploaded pic, lets see how do I 'link' it.

[ELPIRATA]

Well, looks a lil' bit big lol

How can I resize it? (aside from photoshop'it)

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[Jump]

Yes Istvan already said above that you will still enter at a point at he end of what you see.

[netburnr]

I think that looks awesome...Your flying inside, and its all pretty looking

I wonder if there will ever be any last second battles in the docking tubes....or tube camping/hiding for that matter..

Iiiintersting.

[Jonboy]

Anvil, they won't need pilots at all in a real future. Many modern planes fly themselves. (Autopilot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

This is a game, based on pilot skill. If I wanted the computer to play for me, I could install a screen-saver.

In Jumpgate Classic, I can choose to use the autodock, and it might take 2 minutes to actually dock. Or I can dock myself, combat-tagged, under fire, in a loaded tow, in enemy territory, after deliberately annoying 20 people.... and I can do it very fast. One of those is fun, and the other is not.

Speed-docking was one of the best bits of Jumpgate. It took practice, timing and skill.

[Ambrosius]

I vote for auto-pilot, auto-dock, auto-aim and AUTO-WIN!

[Jump]

That's too uber! I think you should have to at least manually press the win button.

So JB's post brings us back to what this thread was about. Docking will take longer now. Or should I say, there will no longer be a great difference in the time that it takes each player to dock since everyone will have to fly through a part of the station to dock now.

[SingleShot]

Looks like even more FFs will be chewed up in an uberdock maneuver

[Jump]

I'm wondering if weapons work inside there.

[Ambrosius]

I heard FFs are being eliminated.