So what's a better long term solution?
Would a SpaceNavigator be better?
Space Mouse : read the top comment here for a quick summary of why it doesn't work:
http://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/23sgw2/3d_mouse_support_and_other_thoughts_on_6dof_flight/
...as for 6 DoF control: Soyuz is operated with 2 joysticks, space shuttle by a joystick and a knob - both are unfeasible for dogfighting and racing.
Man has not solved this problem for real world applications, not to speak of virtual ones.
I'm sorry, there is no good solution YET. Keep in mind that human body is not made to naturally control 6 DoFs movement; just see how many people need parallel parking assistant in cars - 2 DoF vehicles. Airplane has only a forward vector and 3 limited rotations yet it takes the best of the best to make a combat pilot.
One also has to realize that the goal of the game is to make you feel like a space ace, and this can be achieved by requiring you to:
-study (or rather come up with yet undocumented) 6dof dogfighting techniques
-practice for thousand of hours
-buy new rather pricey peripherals
-be rater smart and educated to manage it all alone
Which will actually make you a space ace. 99% of players will never qualify because of time , money, learning skill or any combination of these. That is why most games are about "empowering" players, which is selling you the illusion - conscious or unconscious - of being awesome, where in fact you're smashing 2 buttons. This can be easily achieved in PvE, but PvP (the verse) is unforgiving. Most of the "X anxiety" comes from the fact that people don't want to confront their illusions about themselves with the world - see StarCraft or any complex game, where most are spectating, assuming safety position - just my 2c.
As of joystick vs mouse community outcry on star citizen forums, war thunder forums, world of airplanes forums, mechwarrior online forums (you get the idea):
-mouse is a isotonic zero order control(position) non centering device
-joystick is a near isometric(elastic) first order control(velocity) self centering device
apples to oranges
RSI promised "controller agnostic game", whatever it means, but its like 2 teams of people trying to play a game of ball: 1 team with upper limbs, 2nd team with lower limbs. One will have strength and range of motion, second will have dexterity and speed. They will never be equal because they are different on fundamental level.
Sorry but truth tends to be complex.
You can always wait for my controller, but better don't hold your breath :) everything of value in life takes time
