From what I've learned so far to be effective in combat one needs to control four things at once; aiming (yaw and pitcb), strafing, rolling and forward and back velocity.

Easy enough on a computer but not so easg on an android.

If I use the accelerometer to steer, my right thumb to strafe and my left thumb to roll than I run oug of thumbs befors I get to forward and back velocity.

If I use the accelerometer for rolling I can use my right thumb to steer and my left thumb for forward and back but again run out of thumbs before I get to strafing.

No matter how I slice it I just don't have enough thumbs.

I thought I stumbled on to a solution by modifying an old tubo lock alias to make Roll Lock aliases but I haven't been able to get that to work.

I don't know if its something in the game that prevents those commands from being lockable or it's quite possible I just suck at making aliases but if it is something that's just not possible the way the game is now pleass think of a way to make it possible.

It would go along way towards allowing us android players to be competitive in combat.

It may have to do with the fact that ship movement through commands has been severely restricted, something to do with not allowing combat through plugins.

http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/16/3229?page=17#305328

Honestly, I'd prefer a 2-direction throttle so you could set forward or reverse velocity to free up your thumbs for strafe.

I exclusively use android. I have a Verizon LG and I can control all of those things. If I rotate the phone then I roll, simultaneously I can have my left thumb on the direction pad holding both forwards/backwards strafes at once. I use my right thumb to aim (yaw and pitch). Therefore I don't run out of thumbs and I do all four actions at once.