Lol look at the old leaderboards high speed combat was cool in the old times 1.x This what SC is the boringst FM so far....
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The Gladius I usually fly has a top speed of 1236 m/s. It can fly around at this speed indefinitely (until / if it runs out of fuel).
I think my Clipper's non boosted top speed was somewhere in the 400 m/s. So SC speeds are 2 - 3 x faster.
You end up drifting all over the place, it is not possible to change direction when going this fast. You get people jousting. I will sit still and have someone do runs past me at full speed. They drift off 10,000 meters before they are able to turn around and do it again.
In bigger wing fights, even if you are trying to keep your speeds down, it just naturally starts climbing as you are trying to avoid shots from different directions. The fight that started out as a tight group of fighters ends up with a smaller groups fighting separated by 30kms because they are all drifting off in different directions.
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Can't do it in AC, because you'll out of bounds in a few seconds.
So basically the problem Frontier was trying to avoid by capping speeds.. that all fights turn into 3 mins of nothing happening for every half a second of exchanging fire in the brief window that the ships are close enough to damage one another.
Well bringing down those speeds would make things somewhat more enjoyable. Reminds me of old flight Sim, Mig Alley. Jet speeds but essentially cannons&MG's only, without modern sighting systems. Made dogfights challenging.
yea I agree. The lower speeds are better. Also projectile speeds can be reduced for me. I used to play a lot of Vendetta Online back in the day, speeds where pretty low there, but the combat was like a kung fu dance. I loved that. 2.x was close to that, I still miss that flightmodel.
Don’t be sillyHmm… well, what would be good for SC — indeed, probably the best for SC — would be to take it out behind the shed and end its misery. This would indeed be good for all space sims since it would be one less taint on the whole genre, so that part checks out.
No you don’t
Nah
Silly would be to actually go through with it — the authorities would be mightily upset with that kind of behind-the-shed littering.
Then it sounds like the speed isn't the issue, its the flight model itself that is the problem. Maintaining high speed while being able to manouver should be a possibility.
You really just answered seriously to a joke comment?
Maybe you don't understand joke development.
Well, i suppose when ED adds space legs they will be copying SC then
However, i presume we won't be forced to walk through starports carrying boxes for those special delivery missions. Or at least i damn well hope not!
Ey, thruth can be found in a joke, even if it was a bad one
Still firing out random 30k's too...back to waiting for the 3.8.2 patch.PTU update with one server bug fix:
Star Citizen Alpha 3.8.1h PTU.4419084 Patch Notes - Star Citizen Spectrum
Star Citizen Patch 3.8.1h Alpha Patch 3.8.1h has been released to PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.8.1-PTU.4419084. It is strongly recommended that players...robertsspaceindustries.com
But ... we'll get the trains. Won't we?? All the best games have train commutes.Well, i suppose when ED adds space legs they will be copying SC then
However, i presume we won't be forced to walk through starports carrying boxes for those special delivery missions. Or at least i damn well hope not!
Still firing out random 30k's too...back to waiting for the 3.8.2 patch.
CiG found out reasonable level headed folks like you were enjoying SC and are actively devving against you.
2 and a half hours in the pu now and still no 30k. I’m a bit surprised because 3.8.x wasn’t the smoothest ride.Still firing out random 30k's too...back to waiting for the 3.8.2 patch.
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