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Ive not tried facetrack, i assume its similar to trackIR in how you setup a profile, the difference between default trackIR settings, and a well built profile, is as big as the difference between nothing and trackIR.

It does need proper setup that is comfortable to you, generally as i posted above, less sensitive in the middle with a small centre point deadzone, then increasing in acceleration as you move towards the extremities, this helps avoid the headset detecting every tiny micro movement you make when looking straight, but still gives you the ability to see right around as you move further out from the middle.

If its too sensitive at the midpoint it can be quite nauseating as it picks up every milimeter twitch you make and accelerates it into large ingame movement.
 
Also make sure you have a convenient button to centre your trackir view, makes life much easier. Even so expect a lead in using trackir it isn't something you get straight away.
 
I found it very intuitive but arma is a game with head look so youre already well accustomed to looking away from direction of movement unlike many other games. My mate had a perfect profile and it was very natural to pick up. I'm also on a 27" screen which is obviously fairly large so I've got a good deal more head movement before I'm looking off the screen. I'd imagine it to be fairly awful on something like a laptop.
 
My brother lives in America and says that the premium beta costs $150. Which translates to about £88, rather than the £100 I'd have to pay if I bought it here.

I am very (very) tempted to buy the premium beta, esp now as I can potentially get it £12 cheaper. Has anyone tried buying it using a VPN? Any disadvantages to my purchase location being in America?

EDIT: nevermind. Forgot prices in 'Murica don't include tax! Only works about a fiver cheaper as far as I can tell. Will buy it from here..
 
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It is a lot of money, but when i consider what i paid for BF4 premium which i played for a few months only. And when i consider what i've spent on star citizen which i wont say.

And when i look at what i've paid subscribing 3 eve accounts for 2 years...

and the hardware i've bought for elite...

Price starts to seem less crazy.
 
One of my three has about 2 months left then he gets moved and the account will drop for a bit... maybe. Always room for improvement though.


Anyway ED is cheap all things considered.
 
so will the £100 account get me playing tonight or is that for access in the next round of beta? will there be a cheaper option (apart from the release) at some point?
 
I played EVE from Launch for 6 years, had 2 accounts for about 5 of them.

I am looking forward to the I had it on the ZX spectrum. Half the time you could not get the right code to get into the game.

You had a place thing that you had to on the TV screen to get the code.

Was a right pain.
 
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so will the £100 account get me playing tonight or is that for access in the next round of beta? will there be a cheaper option (apart from the release) at some point?
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£100 will get you access to the premium beta build right away & all future expansion packs.

£50 will get you standard beta, but you have to wait for the standard beta release, perhaps late July/early Aug. You don't get any future expansions with the standard beta package.

£35ish, gets you the gamma/final release game, speculated for late sept.
 
Took the plunge over the weekend and bought the Premium Beta for £100 :) I was going to be buying the game (£35) and the expansion pass (£35) in either case, so I figured what's an extra £30. It was like a weight off my shoulders in either case, I've been hovering over the "buy" button for weeks now.

Went mad and ordered a Saitek X52 Pro as well! Noticed a lot of the developers seem to be using it, or at least the regular X52 in videos I've seen. I've currently got a Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X, which makes the game a lot easier vs just using mouse/keyboard.

There's a default config for the Hotas X which is great, although I did tweak it a bit. However for those of you that have the joystick, what have you bound left and right thrusters to? I've ran out of axis (plural?) to bind, and my remaining buttons are being used eg for targeting a ship. In general flight I don't really miss it, but landing/docking is near impossible without it, as twisting the stick to yaw doesn't quite cut it.

Excited :D
 
Still deciding on whether I want to pay £100 to get access to the beta or wait until the final game.

Loved Elite (second one) which I played for years.

Also, it means I can take out and use my 20 year old MS Sidewinder joystick. Can't wait. :)
 
Wait a few weeks / month or so and pay £50 instead for regular beta access.

Premium Beta would be nice but I can't justify the £100 just now, and I'll just get the expansions when they are released in the future.
 
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