Poll: How Do You Like to Fly?

This may be the question that separates the Wing Commanders from the Freelancers! In the early 1990s, it was common—thanks largely to Wing Commander’s massive success—for a new PC to include not only a keyboard and mouse but a simple flight stick. Ten years later, with the genre less popular and PC manufacturers eager to cut costs, the idea was so unthinkable that Freelancer needed to be designed in such a way that it would only support gameplay using a mouse.

So, which do you like best? Joysticks still exist today, although they are frequently the province of hardcore flight sim players who spend hundreds of dollars on elaborate HOTAS (Hands On a Stick and Throttle) setups which include multiple devices. So… how do you want to play a new game? Would you rather it stick with the mouse and keyboard still necessary to every computer today or are you willing to pay a little extra (or, in the case of a HOTAS setup more than a little extra) for the sensation that you’re really controlling a spacecraft.

Let us know in the polls and post your thoughts below or to the forums!

Das mag die Frage sein, die die Wing Commander von den Freelancern unterscheidet! In den frühen 90er Jahren war es üblich - vor allem dank des großen Erfolgs von Wing Commander -, dass ein neuer PC nicht nur Tastatur und Maus, sondern auch einen einfachen Flugstick enthält. Zehn Jahre später, als das Genre weniger populär war und PC-Hersteller darauf bedacht waren, Kosten zu senken, war die Idee so undenkbar, dass Freelancer so konzipiert werden musste, dass es nur das Gameplay mit der Maus unterstützt.

Also, was gefällt dir am besten? Joysticks existieren auch heute noch, obwohl sie häufig die Provinz der Hardcore-Flugsimulator-Spieler sind, die Hunderte von Dollar für aufwändige HOTAS (Hands On a Stick and Throttle) Setups ausgeben, die mehrere Geräte beinhalten. Also.... wie willst du ein neues Spiel spielen? Möchten Sie lieber mit Maus und Tastatur arbeiten, die heute noch für jeden Computer notwendig sind, oder sind Sie bereit, ein wenig mehr (oder im Falle eines HOTAS-Setups mehr als ein wenig mehr) für das Gefühl zu bezahlen, dass Sie wirklich ein Raumschiff steuern?

Lasst es uns in den Umfragen wissen und postet eure Gedanken unten oder in den Foren!

This may be the question that separates the Wing Commanders from the Freelancers! In the early 1990s, it was common—thanks largely to Wing Commander’s massive success—for a new PC to include not only a keyboard and mouse but a simple flight stick. Ten years later, with the genre less popular and PC manufacturers eager to cut costs, the idea was so unthinkable that Freelancer needed to be designed in such a way that it would only support gameplay using a mouse.

So, which do you like best? Joysticks still exist today, although they are frequently the province of hardcore flight sim players who spend hundreds of dollars on elaborate HOTAS (Hands On a Stick and Throttle) setups which include multiple devices. So… how do you want to play a new game? Would you rather it stick with the mouse and keyboard still necessary to every computer today or are you willing to pay a little extra (or, in the case of a HOTAS setup more than a little extra) for the sensation that you’re really controlling a spacecraft.

Let us know in the polls and post your thoughts below or to the forums!