Thanks, but there is no need to apologize I was raging and deserved whatever drubbings I got. Honestly, forum raging is not something I do often. But this game really got under my skin for some reason. As an aside, I think this game could really use PvE missions. Whether PvE in the same format or PvE in a more mission oriented manner or both. Either would help new players to get used to the game and learn without the frustration of spending 15 minutes getting facerolled by people who know more and have already unlocked a lot of upgrades.

Thanks for the tip, however for reasons I wont begin to guess at when my resolution drops too low I start getting massive lag spikes. My work around is simply to drop the screen size. Windowed mode seems to have a default and unchangeable resolution setting at I think something like 1036x756 or something similar, which is moderate and high enough my computer doesn't throw a fit. (I was quite pleased when I found upping the resolution not only made it look better (flip on over to 800x600 and enjoy.) but also run smoother.) For me, who is a practiced hand at games like "league of legends at 2 fps" every frame is precious. and well worth a slightly smaller screen. Obviously full screen would be preferable, but unfortunately I have to work with what I have. It isn't optimal but it is functional. On another note: One might argue that at a high level play a smaller screen might actually be helpful for people who have the reflexes to make good use of the shorter distances you have to move the cursor, enabling faster twitch reflex gameplay. I don't know if twitch reflexes come into play very much though, so who knows. Finally, and on a completely separate topic: I really wish ship collision was on (even if only for opposing teams). If I am doomed to just feed more experienced players at the very least give me the option to spam "super stealth kamikaze scout". If only for the vindictive pleasure of just ramming it up that one guys... But then maybe that's just me.

Thanks for the reminder, I actually did not know there were only 8 and 12 man teams. I was not trying for accuracy so much as using that as quick example though. Much the same way people exaggerate to show a point they are making, the number itself was largely irrelevant to the point I was making, so I didn't sweat it so much.

Thank you for the reply, I found it significantly more instructive and well reasoned than the majority. I would like to note that my post was the clearly ill considered culmination of table flipping frustration induced rage. I am open to the fact that I am wrong on all counts. However, I maintain that any game that requires you to slog through that level of frustration, and put in potentially dozens of hours of practice before it becomes enjoyable clearly has design flaws. By this time I have passed beyond blind rage and reach the calm shoals of "oh, is 10 strike fighters against 6 gunships and 4 bombers, looks like were getting stomped this deathmatch." resignation.

1. I did not at any point complain about being unable to keep my mouse inside the targeting circle. You asserted that I was having that problem, Not me. 2. You then claimed that the targeting circle was "two thirds" of my screen. That is not true as I do not play in a full screen mode. 3. You then make the ridiculous assertion that either I am playing in full screen, and that you are correct about the size, or I have shrunk the window down to the point of it being unusable. Once again this is not true, as I neither play in full screen, nor do I have the window as small as you suggest, nor have I complained about the targeting circle. 4 You now go on to simply assert that I am in fact playing in full screen, and that if I hypothetically wasn't playing in full screen then I am here complaining about not playing in full screen. Now, while I agree that would be an amusing argument to witness, sadly it is still only a product of your imagination. Since I have apparently been unclear in my briefer replies let me settle this definitively for you. I do not play in full screen, so the asserted size of the targeting circle is wrong. The reason behind playing in a windowed mode is to increase performance. the increase in fps is quite agreeable and far outweighs the disadvantage of not having everything blown up to maximum size. I have not shrunk the window to the size you insinuate. At a guess I would say my window is around two thirds the size of my overall screen, as such the targeting circle is about 1/6th of my screen. I have not complained about an inability to keep my mouse inside the targeting circle. I complained about what happens to it if it leaves the circle. I had thought that my other replies were pointed enough to suggest that you might not know all you think you know about my computer and its setup. Obviously I was mistaken, and I hope that this has cleared up you're confusion.

No, you are wrong on this. There are 3 options. Fullscreen, Fullscreen(windowed), and Windowed. The windowed option is resizable. As such any claim as to the size of anything is an assumption not based on facts. You don't know if I play in windowed mode. You don't know how large I might size the window. You also assume I have no compelling reasons to resize the window to less than full screen. You would be more correct in saying that the targeting circle is always that size in relation to the overall window size.

Any "condescending attitude" you see is entirely the product of frustration and not intended to be taken personally. Venting does not work that way. As I am not a psychologist, giving an in depth reason is beyond me. Sufficed to say, at least for someone as introverted as I am, the mere fact that my grievance has been aired in a place where it CAN be seen is enough. Even if it were to be ignored and allowed to drift into obscurity, it is the act of making it public that is the key, not the response to it or lack thereof.

Again, I did not suggest that you having a better mouse or computer was in any way the cause of my irritation. If your going to disagree and be sarcastic, that's fine. Just aim it at something I actually suggested or said. You don't know how my monitor is set up, therefore you have no grounds to assert how large anything appears on it. It was a nice try though.

Don't put words in my mouth. I ranted a lot about what I consider poor design choices. I replied to the suggestion that I aught to buy a better mouse and or computer to play. I did not at any point suggest that other players having these things was the reason I was doing poorly. If you disagree with me, that's fine. I enjoy a good argument. But disagree with what I actually say, don't misrepresent me so you can get that end post dig in.

When did I assume you cared? Until you posted I had no idea you even existed, so how could I possible hold any assumptions about your state of mind? I wrote this for my benefit and my benefit alone. Spending time venting frustration is important for mental health and performance. Furthermore, the fact you bothered to drop in and post your opinion about my rant at all indicates some level of caring.

The heavy lasers that come on the strike fighter, and a proton. he was stationary, so I know everything landed. And he took all of it, killed someone else, turned around, and one shot me from full shields and life.

Its the conquest points, q pops much faster than FP daily's. and WZ doesn't load for some reason. So I spam this while I craft. The EXP and credits aren't that bad either.

Oh yes, the gunship spam is because the player base only wants to spam the most balanced ships. it has nothing at all to do with the fact a gunship can 1shot just about anything, from a range half again longer than the next longest range weapon system. oh no, that certainly has nothing to do with it at all. typical game. 8 or 9 enemies. 4 or 5 gunships a few bombers and the odd scout or fighter. But that has nothing to do with gunships being strong. The "camera controls" are a joke. not a funny one either. And yes, being able to go first person would help me a lot. For that matter so would the ability to fix the mouse to the center of the screen permanently, or the ability to tether the mouse to the center of the screen, so that it can't go too far out and transform into a little grey dot... on a black background full of little gray dots, gray lines. gray reticles, gray and brown asteroids, gray ships, gray particle effects. Maybe its just me, but I have a hell of a time tracking where my mouse is when it becomes a little gray dot. And I haven't got money to buy a specialized mouse and a new computer just to MAYBE overcome the poor design of one minigame and MAYBE make it enjoyable.

I like space fighter games. Grew up on them. This is a tragic parody of a space fighter game. It's so bad that the only way it could be worse is by intent. 0 ability to meaningfully customize your controls. No mouse sensitivity, no camera controls. no ability to change or customize your crosshairs color or shape (some people see shapes and colors differently so this would be helpful) Hell, just giving the camera the ability to zoom in to first person would probably help a lot of people. Poorly balanced ship classes and upgrades. A gun ship should not be capable of simply face tanking a full weapon energy bar AND a missile from any setup with any number of mods. Ever. And then, to top it all off, it has an incredibly counter intuitive control set up. Where your weapons fire at where your mouse is pointing, rather than where your ship is pointing, up to a point. While at he same time your mouse location on the screen is your only form of steering. This means that putting your mouse over a spot you want to shoot at will very likely cause to you overshoot and miss. Now maybe, just maybe, if you have a nice computer that play at 150 fps and perfect ping, this can be managed without massive rage inducing frustration. It's just a shame most casual gamers don't HAVE those things. This game is borderline intentionally user unfriendly. If it was worth even slightly less exp/credits/conquest points it would not ever be worth enduring.