Delayed SFoil animation on the X-Wing

As mentioned on several occasions the Sfoil animation only happens when the player is actually “looking”. The other coupled functions like unlocking the weapons and the slower max speed are triggered independent of the visual wing position.

It’s kinda wierd to open the sFoils and fly around at the reduced speed shooting down bots or other players and then several minutes later, press F3 and watch your Sfoils start to open.

It is possible to briefly switch to an outside view of the players ship for the duration of the animation. But this could be frustrating as you might get shot during the external view (like the docking view in the “trouble with the gunstars mission”.
On the other hand, one could say this (the time spent in the external view) is the price you pay for flying the X-Wing!
The animation only takes 2-3 secs. So, if you open them soon enough before attacking you shouldn’t get shot (it’s not like the 10-15 sec docking view).

My idea is to use the ‘switch to outside view’ approach at least for the beta and then see what people say.

Whats your vote?

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