Does anyone plan on flying 'uncoupled'?

[Metal-Muffin]

I've seen some videos for Elite Dangerous where the pilots mostly fly with 'flight assist' off, which is basically the same as flying uncoupled in Star Citizen. They seem to like the amount of control it affords more than flying aided by a ship computer.

Do any of you fly like this now? If so, why do you prefer it to flying coupled?

 

[Blind Owl]

I'm usually uncoupled when I'm geeking out: Mrs Owl likes to sleep or watch TV while I play video games. :wink:

 

[Kaz]

I will tell you AFTER i learn to fly coupled!

 

[Shadow Reaper]

I am not yet a pilot, but if the coupling is what it sounds like, I am sure there will be lots of opportunities to fly uncoupled. For instance, you can apparently fly backwards uncoupled. If you are using larger guns with greater range than your opponent, and want to maximize the amount of time you can shoot him and he cannot shoot you, then flying backward at max V while he closes on you will give you a serious advantage. Also, if you are doing a stealth approach on a ship to release boarding troops, you want to coast in with no engines or thrusters and apparently uncoupled is the way to do this.

 

[Metal-Muffin]

I am not yet a pilot, but if the coupling is what it sounds like, I am sure there will be lots of opportunities to fly uncoupled. For instance, you can apparently fly backwards uncoupled. If you are using larger guns with greater range than your opponent, and want to maximize the amount of time you can shoot him and he cannot shoot you, then flying backward at max V while he closes on you will give you a serious advantage. Also, if you are doing a stealth approach on a ship to release boarding troops, you want to coast in with no engines or thrusters and apparently uncoupled is the way to do this.

All true; but what these pilots are doing in Elite Dangerous are flying "uncoupled" all the time: during combat, while docking, flying thru asteroid belts...
I never got into flying like this because I'm lazy; however, I wonder if in Star Citizen it would offer the alleged edge in combat over people that fly coupled as it seems to in Elite Dangerous.

 

[Han Burgundy]

I feather in and out of coupled mode. It allows for you to perform unexpected maneuvers in dog-fights while maintaining the relative ease of flying point to point while coupled. For example; Get the enemy to chase you, uncouple, turn around and open fire before boosting back toward them. I try to aim at pulling this off near debris or other objects for my target to crash into if he peels off in a panic. Works about 17% of the time, but I feel really awesome when it does.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

I fly coupled, however use Strafe up/down/left/right so heavily I always run out of boost fuel. Strangely, no matter what ship i'm using, Connie or 350R I always drain the tank in a similar amount of time.

Thinking about it, using boost fuel in SCM manoeuvring so it empties is pretty lame. Don't like it.

 

[CosmicTrader]

No - Uncoupled mode is for people who can't fly......

I fly just fine......

 

[Ammorn]

I will tell you AFTER i learn to fly coupled!

This isn't flying, this is crashing with style!

 

[Ammorn]

I fly mostly in Coupled mode and decouple for dog fights like @Han Burgundy said and for parking.

 

[CrudeSasquatch]

I have it set to a trigger. Mostly for abrupt turns and such dogfight style maneuvers. I'd actually like to see video of it from an attacker's pov to see if I'm actually doing anything

 

[Stevetank]

I am constantly turning coupled on and off to maximize my flying. I do coupled for charging, decoupled for u-turns and maneuvers, decoupled for asteroid fights, coupled for landing, decoupled and coupled for exploring and racing.

 

[SPRNinja]

This isn't flying, this is crashing with style!

Welcome to TEST

 

[Carlos Spicyweiner]

No - Uncoupled mode is for people who can't fly......

I fly just fine......

Yeah, this:point_up:, uncoupled mode is for people who can't fly, so I fly uncoupled most of the time...it doesn't help:unamused:

 

[Phantomoftruth]

i'm disinclined to fly uncoupled. I like my wife too much.

That and I keep forgetting the keys to toggle (un)couple

 

[Stevetank]

Coupled for space planes
Uncoupled for space ships

And MISC if you want to feel like you're steering a boat.

 

[CptFjord]

And MISC if you want to feel like you're steering a boat.

I like my space boat (Freelancer) :slight_smile:

 

[Beerjerker]

Both. Switch back and forth between coupled and decoupled. Coupled for when I want to maneuver around the house and keep the peace with my old lady, decoupled when it's time to dodge flying rolling pins!

 

[Doggen]

I fly coupled but with strafing forward and backwards without use of the throttle.

I don't decouple at the moment because when you recouple it maxes your throttle to 100%. This makes me fly into stuff unwillingly :p

Don't know if it's a bug or intended but it's annoying :)

 

[Metal-Muffin]

I was thinking I'd try it. I have a while until I finish my machine though, so I'd figure I'd ask and see if anyone had any pointers. I agree with @Bigtimes though, it does seem to be a bit more of a pain in the ass. I think that is is a feature, though, because the ship wants to regain control.
@Bigtimes, what do you use your throttle for? Is it effective in dogfighting to just use your strafe ILO your main engines?