Best ship to fly?

Grimbli

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So I broke down and got two joysticks (T16000m) to run a dual setup. What I'm wondering is, what is the best ship in the game to learn how to fly with something I haven't used since 1990s?

I have enough REC to try any ship they offer there. Only got one stick in the mail so far, I ordered two but they sent me a joystick and a box of diapers!? So just messing around with one stick in the Hornet has taught me I suck.

TESTies give the best advice! So please help!
 

MammonLord

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I think the M50 is probably the most fun to fly in the game. The Avenger Titan is very, very nice as well and quite a lot cheaper.
 

Accented

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Use the Gladius if you are looking to become more proficient with flight. It is relatively hard to handle, but is still a breeze compared to some other ships.

Also, in AC everyone goes for the Gladius, which means more practice for you!
 

EpilepticCricket

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Use the Gladius if you are looking to become more proficient with flight. It is relatively hard to handle, but is still a breeze compared to some other ships.

Also, in AC everyone goes for the Gladius, which means more practice for you!
There's a lot of wisdom in this advice. If you intentionally (and intelligently!) make things harder than they have to be when you're learning the ropes you'll learn a lot of things that will do you well for a long time that you otherwise would have taken much longer to learn (aiming control, evasive actions, leading the ship into a turn, etc). IE: Put the ship so far ahead of you that when you finally catch up and switch to something easier you'll be ahead of it.
 
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Doggen

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I honestly think Im going to spend my time flying around in a starfarer refuelling ALL the starcitizenses.
Ill start with flying as far as I can and refuel myself though until i either explode or discover something worthwile
 

Grimbli

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I am such a bad pilot... I have been trying to hit the sun or a planet since I got SC...
it hasn't happened yet.
You can actually get so close to a planet or moon it says you're approaching it's gravitational field. Any closer and you just do the death animation.
 

Grimbli

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How? HOW?!?! I ca't even get CLOSE to the sun... it's always there, teasing me....
The sun can't be traveled to, it's just the area around Crusader. But I was Quantum traveling and got knocked out cause I got too close to a moon

I just went cruise speed and ended up in the atmosphere I guess. It kills you instantly since landing isn't in yet.
 
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