Hey everyone, title pretty much says it all.

I’ve managed to snag a set of keybinds that works for me, played around in Arena Commander offline. I’m hooked, had a ton of fun but I feel like my arms are sore from cranking the sticks so much.

Really looking for advice pertaining to ergonomic setups, like what kind of mounts should I grab. I have two Gladiator NXT EVOs, both the left and right hand versions. I didn’t buy anything else though, as I wasn’t that impulsive, so currently it’s unmounted and I’m just rolling with it.

On top of those recommendations, specific guides on how to get better at combat would be good. I’m open to buying other space flight sims as well, if it would be easier to practice there (ideally I’d like to stick to Star Citizen).

My main fear is trying to hop into the main game and getting my shit rocked, losing what little resources I have trying to learn how to not crash. I tried it a little bit, managed to get my first ship impounded lol. If anyone has tips on ensuring I can ping the hangars correctly I would greatly appreciate that as well.

Sorry for the word vomit, still very new to space sims/flying sims in general. Not really sure how to word what I’m asking. Thanks to anyone that takes the time to read and answer!

  • Wörk@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Don’t fuss about resources, many players (myself included) are happy to take a new guy on for missions and are often looking for crew members.

    You can ask in chat if someone has a specific ship that they are willing to call for you or if someone does a specific gameplay loop and is in need of a pair of hands. For example miners often look for ppl. be it as miner or scout.

    I am deeply in love with Orision and thus recommend the crusader system security forces as a good starting point. A couple of missions and you should be able to do the ‘liberation / defend’ missions on the planet where you fly to them living platforms to stop a raid on Orision. There a bunch of boxes with food and drinks if you don’t like buying that and you can take the npcs weapons and armor. Each mission is also decent pay imo.

    I can’t offer much advice in terms of using the sticks. Better in combat, tbh do a bunch of bounty hunter missions and just go blow (npc) ships up. Alternatively join events like jump town. There is always some form of pvp going on that trains you.