Sorry, my mistake. I mistook you for the poster that said that mice weren't suited for 3D movement, which was what I was referring to when I meant 'your original point'. So what exactly is your point? That the controls are bad or that the game is bad? Because I think you just said it yourself, that as the game is right now, the mouse is perfectly fine.

Not everyone has a twisty stick, and you still forgot your throttle either ways. Your original argument is moot no matter what considering real aircraft require two hands AND feet to control. The joystick is not inherently more suited to 3d movement than the mouse is.

A joystick only controls pitch and roll. Also 2 axis.

I just have to weigh in here. As an air combat enthusiast and fan of ACTUAL flight sims like IL-2, Falcon 4.0, the MS Flight Simulator games and others, I really would never really want to use my flight stick for arcade sims like GSF or Freespace. I simply fail to see why one would need the fine control of a joystick when one doesn't have any wind or gravity or stall profile to contend with. In arcade sims, all you're really doing is pointing a cursor, not controlling an aircraft, and for me the mouse will always be superior to a joystick for that function. It's just faster and more precise. Now I realize personal comfort applies here, because I guess many people who grew up on XvT and other classic space sims are more used to the joystick. But, just to give my view on things, I have tried playing games like Battlefield or Planetside with both a mouse and a joystick and I've always felt that, as long as you didn't have any 'realistic' flight characteristics to deal with, it's much easier getting your crosshair on target with a mouse.

/bump and /signed for both legacy and char name changes. Please Bioware there are quite a few of us out there that would gladly pay money for this. I know there are other things on the priority list, and rightly so, but all I'm personally asking is not to be like WoW and make us wait years for the service to become available. Just 'reasonably soon' would be nice =(

Just finished mine so I can finally chime in. Agreed. One of the best story experiences (not just MMOs) I've ever had. I've never felt more immersed or engaged in a character before. Bioware truly outdid themselves in putting the player in the midst of this super cool world of espionage and getting to see everything happen from behind the scenes. Jo Wyatt also put on some absolutely superb voice acting as well. Thanks, writers.

"We are not savages; we are Imperial. When we take lives we do so for cause... is that understood?" "Yes, sir!" From the end of the Boarding Party flashpoint. It was just so awesome the way female agent's voice actress said it (anything really said by her is quite awesome)... It was just so suave, so calm, and the amazing british accent just made it sound so damn Imperial... Hearing the marine's hurriedly obedient "Yes, sir!" just sealed the deal. She just totally reminded me of a younger and hotter Moff Tarkin at that moment was all, probably.