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I have hundreds of hours in KSP and have never wanted a joystick. It's extremely forgiving and encourages learning by experimentation. This includes developing
by hughes 7y ago
I have hundreds of hours in KSP and have never wanted a joystick. It's extremely forgiving and encourages learning by experimentation. This includes developing an intuition for orbital mechanics.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoPart of the "forgiveness" here is space itself - most of spaceflight consists of periods of inactivity interrupted briefly by burning the right amount of fuel in the right direction at roughly the right time. It's not a kind of flying joystick will improve much. That said, I did use a joystick with KSP briefly, and it made docking much more fun. And, of course, flying airplanes.
- shostack 7y agoOut of curiosity, how much does the "not using a joystick" piece align with reality? I feel like all of the movies I see have the shuttle pilots using joysticks for everything.