Well I for one also think the cockpit should be required not optional, but that there does need to be the ability to look around the inside, that way it does make you think more about what to fly, and as for the Y-Wing thing, it'd encourage teamwork to win, since a strict bomber should NOT be flying solo, it should have some cover fighters with it to prevent it from getting destroyed easily.

In Star Wars Galaxies I use fly quite often and although I no longer use TIE's, it took awhile to get used to them since you only have a forward view and an upper view thats quite hard to use since its for small slits in the top hatch. This adds greatly to immersion and once again would add to teamwork since it'd help prevent TIE's from going out solo, they'd pretty much HAVE to use wingmen to stand a chance, or be EXCELLENT pilots.

So in the whole long winded thing...make it so you have to use the cockpit.

Well the Y-wing isn't much of a free sight and look around role. It should be a slow bomber with no dogfighting skills you know.

You also have to remember that although the Y-Wing is slower and not as easy to meneuver, the TIE's ONLY real benefit was their speed, a single decent shot would be enough to cripple them, hence the Y-Wings turret, it made it a LOT more dificult for TIE's to get a good angle on the Y-Wing for kill shots. But since we're gonna have X-Wings and I have a feeling the TIE's will be a bit more balanced out for gameplay, the Y-Wings are most likely going to need escort fighters.

Oh and is there going to be a way for the lore shielded fighters to have charged shields that get eaten up overtime in the game? or is that hoping for too much?