Time to debunch the piloting myth.
So many times someone posts that piloting skills matter or Player A is better pilot than Player B.
The truth is Player A just knows something Player B doesn't. Like when it's best to press ability X or how to best use ability Z.
That doesn't make them a better pilot someone who knows something you don't.
So dont feel bad your just as good as any other player.
Do a little research and if you build it the DPS will come.
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Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run.
And knowing is half the battle. - G.I. Joe
Yes... yes it does...
I mean, true, everyone can learn with enough time, but better knowledge about how and when will in 9 og 10 cases mean success.
And remember: While I have not run parsing, I am fairly sure I run on the low end of the DPS meter.
ROFL, this is gold. The dumb is indeed strong here.
Then that begs the question, how do i put my ship into a roll? Its an Odyssey.
if I stop posting it doesn't make you right it. just means I don't have enough rum to continue interacting with you.
Still acquired skills, but I would argue we should not have to deal with some of it just to enjoy the game.
It's part of the "pilot" specialization tree. I think it unlocks after six points, so the earliest you could get it is level 56. It can be used on any ship, but you must have that specialization active and the ability slotted in your skill tray
It renders you immune to damage for the duration, and adds extra GTFO speed to some other speed-related abilities, so I definitely consider it worthwhile, and consider it standard on all my builds of any size. Combine it with the Impulse Capacitance Cell console for maximum laughs.
Any and every ship and captain can use RnR. You get immunity to damage for a few seconds, a bonus to flight speed and immunity to slow. It is a clickable skill that you put in your skill tray. And the roll animation looks great on large ships!
So, piloting does make a difference. The problem is that what most people call 'piloting' is hardly deserving of being called that.
I think that's what is causing the confusion. There's so-called piloting 'know where to throw your ship to maximise spamming of OP abilities' and there's piloting as in 'the need to steer your ship if you actually want to hit anything', a.k.a. 'turning to face your enemy'. Two different things imo.
noun
the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well
Skill makes a difference. It's hardly needed since you can just shoot your way through most content, but still, it does make a difference if you know what you're doing.
The only thing that should be debunked or at least corrected is the abuse of the word 'piloting' since, as @hanover2 pointed out so well, what most people on here call piloting has less to do with the general meaning of the word 'piloting' and more with exploiting stuff.
Indeed. If memory serves, the icon looks like a loop with an arrow at the end. I'm not at home to confirm.
I hope not. I prefer my myths fully bunched.
Right.. because DPS is all about build and nothing else.
Everyone who copies a build from a website automatically matches the DPS of the person that created the build right?
Sure.. sounds legit. lol
---Buckaroo Bonzai.
You never count your money
when your sitting at the table
there'll be time enough for countin
when the dealings done
Now I need to get lucky and try it on the Vonph Dreadnought Carrier.
Makes you invulnerable for a short time. It helps for when you need it, like tumbling out of a tight spot.
My character Tsin'xing
I think the ability to pick the right selection of skills and to use them correctly is another type of skill, though they are probably related.
You've got to hold and give and do it at the right time
You can be slow or fast but you must get to the line
They'll always hit you and hurt you, defend and attack
There's only one way to beat them, get round the back
Catch me if you can cos I'm the Starfleet man
And what you're looking at is the master plan
We ain't no Romulans, this ain't no Klingon song
One combadge on my chest, I know we can't go wrong
Admiral John Barnes of the USS Engerland.
Quite like pulling it off on an alt who uses the fleet Jupiter
Now if only some clever pilot figured out a way to STAY upside down, the ship would be permanently invulnerable.
"He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."