these new camera controls suck, please add a way to revert to the old camera settings

A game where players would spend hours upon hours designing a ship for their fleet, only to be filtered by an update that improves camera controls, which takes but 10 minutes to get used to.

I really truly do love FTD but as of the camera update I cannot recommend it. Undoing a system that everyone was familiar with and comfortable with for years is nonsensical, the old controls were absolutely fine and did not need to be completely overhauled in favour of a complex and confusing mess. To emphasise the point previously what would take a single button press now takes three and utilises half the keyboard to do so. This change was not needed and only stands to make learning this game an even more tedious process. In conjunction to this stating on the discord that "There is an old beta you can use to live in the past." and "No there will not be a toggle for old style. Never." is insulting to those who have supported this game for years and truly does leave a rather sour taste in the mouth.

The game is good, but the new camera controls are two steps forward, three steps back.
if you're willing to pick a game up knowing that everything you learn may become worthless, and you have the time to relearn it, then i'd recommend the game But if you're a person like me who only has so much time off from work and life, and can't afford to relearn an entire core principle of a video game because the devs couldn't be bothered to find a middle ground, or have the old system as an option in a menu, I'd avoid it.

The new Camera update ruined the controls. Nobody asked for this to be changed. Currently I can't recommend the game because of this. I will change the review if this camera update is reverted or made it a toggle option.

the new cam controls are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ horrible

The camera change in the update is not optional. I do not like the new controls and want to use the old controls. Please give us a choice instead of forcing a change nobody asked for.

bad camera update

Warning to others: this game has the craziest learning curve I have ever seen, about 1000 hrs.
Other wise, I love this game. The game is complex enough that it makes every ship feel special and my own.
After 1500hrs I finally felt that I liked my style and my ships were acceptable.
Making every cannon, laser, flamethrower, engine, and hull by hand takes a large amount of time, but makes the combinations effectively infinite.
The combat is scaled oddly, but it makes sense that everything is a more simple. A 5in gun does a bit more than what one would expect, but armor is 2m thick so 5in is a very small caliber.
I think that the workshop is the most effective teacher, so if you are looking for advice look on youtube and the workshop. The game is hard to master, even the more popular members of the community have difficulty defeating the campaigns and their designs are considered "meta"

If learning is your thing, this game is great, however the game does NOT coddle you. You WILL have to read how many of the things in this game works, you DO have to figure it out, you will fail more than you succeed.

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