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Displaying fields of fire.

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Balisarda:
Something that might be nice in the Ship Customization screen would be the display of fields of fire per gun mounted.  Since the ship is a model which can be rotated around the Y-axis, a three dimension pyramid (which could be toggled on and off) of each gun's firing arcs as mounted would allow one the ability to figure a good estimate of interlocking fields.  This might also be beneficial to put in the ability to rotate the ship around the X-axis as well, as to allow a top-down perspective of gun arcs.

Just a machine gunner's thought.

Captain Smollett:
You know, I forget exactly who mentioned this, but there was a very experienced vet who brought up the exact same suggestion last night in game.

Not sure how hard this would be to implement but there seems to be a demand for this from new and old players a like.

shadowsteel:
That would've been me. And seeing this thread today made me believe in mind reading. Almost.And Muse is behind it somehow.
Anyhow back on topic, I agree this would be quite useful as its very difficult to figure out which guns can aim where

Squidslinger Gilder:
This could go along with optional color coded hit markers and help teach newbies.

Kharthynogus:
Agreed -- this would be very helpful. Though the pitches and yaws of every weapon are available online, there is no way to visualize it when customizing a ship. Such a view would allow players to easily see any weapon blind-spots or overlaps.

I would also add the ability to rotate the view of your ship up and down so all manner of viewing angles are available. Left-right motions of the mouse would rotate it like it already does, while up-down motions would tilt it.

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