Do you use MechJeb?

[MacDuckenstein]

I've got a feeling that this has been asked in the past but anyway...

[Crush]

Your feeling is right. This poll is created approximately once per month. But it seems like the forum crash ate most of them.

[ZedNova]

Sometimes. Only when i install a mod where it's required for like switching from VTOL engines and Main engines.

[Uncle Mort]

All the time ~ takes the tedium out of the game. And the info it provides is so useful.

[Trux]

Never used it, couldn't get my head around it

[MacDuckenstein]

Your feeling is right. This poll is created approximately once per month. But it seems like the forum crash ate most of them.

That explains why i couldn't find any of these.

[Person012345]

I have used it in the past but I don't now. I feel the flight planner largely obsoleted it for me.

[Guest]

I use it all the time. Great info, great functionality. The new version has great taste and is less filling. I'm a better engineer than pilot, and it's not like the real astronauts sit in their capsule with the flight controls in one hand while they write out burn calculations on the back of a napkin with the other.

Edited May 2, 2013 by Guest

[Dudeman1420]

It's very useful .Helps me perform like a true pilot. Altho that NYAN cat throws me off on occasion....

[Navyguy]

Want to but wont take any risks with mods after what happend to my copy of WIC.

[ruiluth]

I always do because it makes it more realistic and also makes it less tedious. Building rockets is much more fun thab flying them to me.

[nothke]

I agree with ruiluth, to me, it's more fun to plan missions and build rockets that try hitting the right spot on the navball. Especially if you fly a lot of similar missions (like building a station in LKO). Except mechjeb is not reliable all the time so you need to control what it's doing. I find MJ 2 strange. I like that it's been packed into smaller box, so you don't have to put those funny animated parts. But some functions I think got more complicated, or more simplified, like the randevouz AP, I can't ONLY match planes, I need to wait for it to match planes and turn off AP..

Some people find piloting more fun, some people find planning more fun, there's everything for everyone! And that's why KSP is such a great game!

[BossSquirrelz]

Yes, I use MechJeb. It does all the boring tasks for me.

[Eric S]

I have it on every craft that isn't for a challenge that prohibits it. Not so much because I use it for everything but because it's annoying to not have it when I want it. Keeping a symbol on the navball centered during a 45 minute burn just isn't fun enough to keep me interested.

On the other hand, about the only thing I use it for that I can't do manually is accurate landings at non-equatorial locations. I'm just not good at that. On the other hand, for most other things, if I really care about it, I'll either do it by hand or check the maneuver node before mechjeb executes it, because I do tend to do better than mechjeb on stuff like that.

[Noticeably FAT]

Absolutely. With the exception of landing and docking (and even then I'll still occasionally use Smart A.S.S. to help with alignment) flying isn't really that exciting for my any more. So, instead of going hands on with everything I just play KSP as a space program sim instead of a flight sim. I use MJ as the go-between between me and my (mostly unmanned) ships, instead of me on the controls I issue commands to the flight computer and let it do its thing.

The extra data displays are also a huge help, I don't have the time or patience to add up everything in the VAB manually, and the faster I get a ship in the air the faster I'm back to running my missions so taking a bunch of guesswork out of my ship is a big deal.

[ROFLCopter64bit]

I use it. Think of it as a calculator. Is it cheating to use a calculator when doing taxes? Keep that in mind if you wish to hate on mechjeb users.

[Fonzy]

I use it, but not exclusively. It's fun to fly by the seat of your pants sometimes

[tstehler1]

I've never used it. Frankly, I'd feel like a cheater if I did. I know it's a great tool, but I don't want to make it too easy on myself.

Edit: I should probably add that I have nothing against MechJeb users. They're just a different style of engineers. Those who use MechJeb are trying to get the least amount of Kerbal casualties, while the rest of us say "hmm, this rocket looks pretty, why don't we see what it does?" *press spacebar* *explosion on launchpad* I like to use actual experimentation rather than having the system do it for me, that's all.

Edit again: You'll notice the large amount of black "casualty" stripes on my medals. The fact that I've never used MechJeb is probably somehow related to this.

Edited May 15, 2013 by tstehler1

[zekes]

Nope, im all stock. This is my most impressive docking maneuver ever...

...In Duna orbit.

[lobsterbark]

Woy, 2 pages without people getting pissed at each other, and getting the thread locked.

[tstehler1]

Woy, 2 pages without people getting pissed at each other, and getting the thread locked.

I know, right? This is the best game forum community I'm a part of... There are so few spazzes and butthurts here!