GALNET - Prototype Frame Shift Drive almost production ready, competitor sceptical - 04 APR 3310
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If gankers use it, their guns will probably be melted by the time they disengage it
Flight distance has no effect on interceptions, I can fly the entire distance and not be intercepted by a Thargoid, but at the vortex itself I can be intercepted 5 times.
You know what the sad thing about all this is? The acceleration "issue", is only a problem past 100c, and they could have easily fixed that by adjusting the post-100C curve up a little higher, so it accelerates/decelerates is a bit crisper, but leave the below-100c curve alone because it was just fine.
I actually posted this in the suggestions along time ago, along with the calculations of precisely, when the curve's diminishing returns kicks in, which is 100c. A slight tweak in the supercruise engine and that's all that would have been needed. But no, they had to up and reinvent the wheel.
It's so frustrating to take the time and try to use a scalpel to solve a problem, only Fdev to come in and use a sledge hammer.
oh it better not be.
It's supposed to be the powerplay overhaul, which Fdev calls, Powerplay 2.0 whatever that is.
Well sure it's a turning point because the damn thing won't go in a straight line!
I remember suggesting ( a long time ago) the curve be sharper at the beginning of supercruise. This is the only game in Flimley history where i spend a not inconsequential amount of time staring at the floor during this phase. It borders on painful, not to mention the massively drawn out wait at the end of a supercruise journey when approaching your target.
I know the original intent was to impress upon us the overwhelming feel that space is big. But you know, I haven't really got long to live anymore. And it's a game. (#SpeedItUp)
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It's an experimental prototype guys. The first airplane to fly faster than sound wasn't very practical either.
Having tinkered around with one for about 3 hours. Honestly, I think it's pretty cool and introduces some new gaming dynamics.
I don't think I'll have them on every ship, but I'm sure they will come in handy.
I don't think I'll have them on every ship, but I'm sure they will come in handy.
May mean nobobdy's uploaded data on the station it's on. Do we know what the rules on where they're sold are?
Even if we did, the outfitting around Colonia is at least partly hand-set by Frontier anyway, so sometimes new modules just don't show up.
It took quite a while before the Pulse Wave module showed up here. On the other hand some appear immediately.
Just by looking at the nearest 4-5 stations it looks to me like Industrial economies. But that's only conjecture.