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Offline Enigmatic Entity

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In High Noon using retail AI, you can use Trebs to take out the Basilisks before they get to you; the last one moves towards you in a corkscrew-like motion before blowing up...
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That's a deathspin I think.
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Offline Androgeos Exeunt

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A number of ships do that once in a while, Enigmatic, not just the last victim of a wave.
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Quote: Tuesday, 3 October 2023 0133 UTC +8, #general
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Offline Enigmatic Entity

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It was just a sort-of joke, the last one spinning because the rest blew up too far away to see the spin properly (Basilisks are slowish) :)

I always used to keep shooting the Hercs in NTF missions with the Tempests even though they were already dead, because I was too close and couldn't see them start to spin. The blow up quicker if you shoot them while they're spinning - I think...
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Yeah, they do. However, in recent months I've taken to pressing the Target Nearest Hostile key more than shooting them up, which targets the next live hostile while the one I just shot down is spinning to death. This is something auto-targeting cannot do, apparently.
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Quote: Tuesday, 3 October 2023 0133 UTC +8, #general
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Offline Klaustrophobia

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auto targeting is only marginally more useful than auto speed match
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Offline Droid803

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Ueh?
I like autotargeting. It ensures I'm always targeting something.
I never match speed though, since I like doing it manually by eyeballing it and using the Z-key better.
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I leave auto-targeting on by default, but when I'm in the middle of killing a whole bunch of enemies and my most recent victim dies in a ball of fire, I hit the H key to attack my next enemy faster.

After having far too many incidents of me ramming a Shivan from behind, I've turned on auto-match speed on certain occasions, such as during a dogfight.
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Quote: Tuesday, 3 October 2023 0133 UTC +8, #general
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I tend to use a mixture of Y targeting, H targeting, Mark I Eyeball targeting.  In special cases I use auto-XYZ feature but more often than not I don't.

 

Offline Dilmah G

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What he said.

 

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If I'm in a furball (like in "but hate the traitor") I don't even bother to target, I just dispatch enemies.
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Offline Dilmah G

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I have the Y Targeting function mapped to one of my thumb keys on the Saitek, so I target whatever I'm looking at in that situation.

 

Offline Klaustrophobia

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yeah mine is the index fire button on the X45.  hostile and attacker are the thumbs, but attacker never seems to work all that well in FS2.  never had a problem in FS1 though.
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Offline Scotty

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I think I've got Auto-Target on so when the ship dies I target a new one immediately.  Other than that, I've got both the H and Y targeting keys also mapped to two of the buttons on my WingMan, right next to the Secondary and Countermeasure keys.

 

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I have the H and Y keys mapped as well (to their default). I recall mapping the Target Subsystem in Reticle key as well. Forgot which key I bound it to, however.

The HUD's targeting system is especially important for me, because I can't aim with my eyesight alone. This is why I still play FS2_Open in 1024x768 on a MacBook with a 1280x800 screen size.
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Quote: Tuesday, 3 October 2023 0133 UTC +8, #general
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Offline General Battuta

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I have the H and Y keys mapped as well (to their default). I recall mapping the Target Subsystem in Reticle key as well. Forgot which key I bound it to, however.

By default it's 'v'.

 

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I have recently become converted on using Tempests, at least against the retail AI (though I've noticed a marked improvement in my piloting abilities over recent weeks). I still have to try it against Fury's AI.

And I am only a Medium-difficulty pilot though.
Full Auto - I've got a bullet here with your name on it, and I'm going to keep firing until I find out which one it is.

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And I am only a Medium-difficulty pilot though.

Still better than me; I'm a Very Easy-difficulty pilot. :p
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Quote: Tuesday, 3 October 2023 0133 UTC +8, #general
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Offline Klaustrophobia

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i'm probably capable of flying medium in most cases, but easy or VE is just more fun.  running out of energy and longass AB recharging is fking annoying. 
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Offline Ravenholme

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i'm probably capable of flying medium in most cases, but easy or VE is just more fun.  running out of energy and longass AB recharging is fking annoying. 

Can't say that's every really been a problem for me on Medium, but then I do tend to conserve my shots. (I run out of energy only when using disruptor guns like the... Mekhu?)
Full Auto - I've got a bullet here with your name on it, and I'm going to keep firing until I find out which one it is.

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