Using a Hover Cycle I can't turn very well.

[AlexZ]

Ya know the very first vehicle you get the little portable bike yeah turning it is like pulling teeth out of a shark while covered in chum. It's like soooo slow am I missing something ?

[dagezou]

No. The hoverbike, like the motorcycle before it, is the worst way to travel. Having said that, its better than walking and once you get used to making real wide turns and using its ability to do huge jumps, then you can get around pretty well with it.

[mystikmind2005]

Isn't that an old problem that got fixed??

Anyway, i do not seem to have any problem with the steering aside from when you reach a hill and it spins you facing the wrong way.

By far its biggest annoyance comes into play traveling over water - you all know what that is.... if i could have just 1 thing about the hoverbike changed... this would be it, without question.

[Midas]

It really needs to have piloting mode so you at least don't have to drag your mouse eight times to turn around.

[treker_ed]

Originally posted by Midas:

It really needs to have piloting mode so you at least don't have to drag your mouse eight times to turn around.

I know game-pads are not fully integrated - but they do work reasonably well for the hover-bikes or any of the hover vehicles - would that not be better than using the mouse? That's what i find anyway!

[Midas]

Originally posted by treker_ed:

Originally posted by Midas:

It really needs to have piloting mode so you at least don't have to drag your mouse eight times to turn around.

I know game-pads are not fully integrated - but they do work reasonably well for the hover-bikes or any of the hover vehicles - would that not be better than using the mouse? That's what i find anyway!

Sure, but then I'd be using a gamepad.

[japp_02]

It sounds you are not using the new HOVERbike, I don't mean the old motorbike, if you still have that one you are probably playing a save from an old game or a custom scenario of some kind, although any update since would change that. The new one turns like crazy and is even faster than some HVs I have. You need a good speed to go over mountains though, and it's by design that it can only go slowly over water. It is not designed to carry stuff, for that build a HV.

[AlexZ]

I just got the game last night, so it should be the brand new version inless you mean from the dlc because I haven't gotten that one yet.

[AlexZ]

It really just strafes instead of turning

[INLY]

SAME HERE, its ♥♥♥♥ controls can barely turn around

[Xarq]

Are you holding down space bar when you turn ? (pretty much hold it down the whole time you are on the Hover-bike)

[mystikmind2005]

Originally posted by japp_02:

it's by design that it can only go slowly over water.

Obviously it is by design, designed to annoy players for no good reason that i can think of?

I get they want to encourage players to upgrade, but It already has sufficient limitations to encourage players to upgrade, they do not need to make it stupid over water as well.

[Midas]

Originally posted by mystikmind2005:

Originally posted by japp_02:

it's by design that it can only go slowly over water.

Obviously it is by design, designed to annoy players for no good reason that i can think of?

I get they want to encourage players to upgrade, but It already has sufficient limitations to encourage players to upgrade, they do not need to make it stupid over water as well.

The devs have this dodgy notion that if they make other things too good, no one will use HVs anymore.

It would help if they actually improved HVs instead, but here we are.

[XLjedi]

Since I can't turn off the forward fog generator, I can't really use that bike anyway. It's only rarely helpful in the event that I get blasted and walking is my only option.

[japp_02]

Originally posted by mystikmind2005:

Originally posted by japp_02:

it's by design that it can only go slowly over water.

Obviously it is by design, designed to annoy players for no good reason that i can think of?

I get they want to encourage players to upgrade, but It already has sufficient limitations to encourage players to upgrade, they do not need to make it stupid over water as well.

Actually the only time I use a HV if not for combat is for using a harvester and collect wood, or if I ever wanted to make tunnels fast with the mounted drills, all other gameplay I can do it with the hoverbike or a SV, I'm just faster. Thats' one of the reasons the devs don't make the hoverbike totally good I suppose.

What sucks me, and what is not a miss-use of the keyboard like here, is that the set camera view with ALT key doesn't remain saved like in other vehicles. I bet you guys didn't even yet notice that.

[XLjedi]

Originally posted by japp_02:

Originally posted by mystikmind2005:

Obviously it is by design, designed to annoy players for no good reason that i can think of?

I get they want to encourage players to upgrade, but It already has sufficient limitations to encourage players to upgrade, they do not need to make it stupid over water as well.

Actually the only time I use a HV if not for combat is for using a harvester and collect wood, or if I ever wanted to make tunnels fast with the mounted drills, all other gameplay I can do it with the hoverbike or a SV, I'm just faster. Thats' one of the reasons the devs don't make the hoverbike totally good I suppose.

What sucks me, and what is not a miss-use of the keyboard like here, is that the set camera view with ALT key doesn't remain saved like in other vehicles. I bet you guys didn't even yet notice that.

I have to admit, it takes a healthy amount of roleplay for me to justify building a hovercraft, but I have a few that are themed and I love them. I just REEEAALY have to go out of my way almost to use them.

I just built a hovercycle that I love, but it gets obsoleted so fast, I can really think of a situation where I would take it back out of the CV once I have a CV that can carry it.