Originally by: Nicoli Voldkif

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There are a couple of problems with this.

First, you can't dodge shots period. They are all calculated to hit not based on trajectory of the shot but instead by the traversal of the target ship, optimum range of gun, sig radius of weapon, etc... There is no ship in EVE with the maneuverability to come close to effecting an instantaneous shot let alone dodge it. That would mean a complete overhaul of the flight and combat system. Once you overhaul the combat system you'll first invalidate quite a few skills that people have spent time training, which will upset a lot of people.

Second, Lag true Real-time flight correction would increase the bandwith and computing power required by each ship considerably. There is a reason why even the best FPS shooters limit the maps to 32-64 people. So you would kiss any large fleet battles goodbye because they would become quickly unplayable again in even the smaller engagement sizes.

Third, limited use. there are very few ship classes that would even benefit from this. Maybe some frigs besides interceptors. The sad reality is that EVE is not a Space fighter game. Most ships just would not be enjoyable to fly with a joystick, they just do not turn quickly enough to make it more than just a novelty.

The big thing is that while it would be great, its one of those things that if it wasn't in at the beginning its probably shouldn't be added in later. Now when they do planetary interaction them adding it for the ground combat would be interesting, because you would probably have what you need to make joystick combat enjoyable.

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