Allow modification of "Emergency Drop" safety!

[Anubite]

I am so tired of "(click) Why am I not charging? (click) ." (Waits for RTM trolls)

Would love to up it to say, 5 or 10 clicks. 2 is nonsense. I merely think "destination obscured" and click again, boom, there goes 5% hull 30,000ly from home.

Perhaps being able to change the double-click time would be nice, too.

Hell, I'd love to outright disable e-drop, even. It's pointless 99% of times. Never ever used it and needed it.

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

Not sure what you're getting at entirely, but it already does say "too fast for safe exit - press twice for emergency drop" if you press the hyperspace button without a valid target.

 

[Shadowdancer]

Do not have jump and supercruise on the same key. Workaround complete.

 

[Psycho Romeo]

I merely think "destination obscured" and click again, boom, there goes 5% hull 30,000ly from home.

Operator error. No issue here folks. Move along.

 

[Muffet]

It's not because you didn't use it that no one else does.
Just learn the feature and this problem won't happen again, doing such a thing indicates me you are new to the game, and i suggest not to 'want' a feature removed if you don't even know how to use it

 

[Anubite]

Sorry I don't make less than 10 mistakes over 2000 jumps like you can do, that same warning noise used for destination obscured and not enough fuel is the same. I'll git gud. [rolleyes]

Anyways, editing the safety seems like a simply function for quality-of-life, especially for xbox players. There are only so many buttons and functioning button combos. It's frustrating to say the least.

 

[Psycho Romeo]

quality-of-life

DING DING DING!! WE HAVE A WINNER!!

QoL bomb has been dropped. I'm impressed with the ED community, I haven't seen it for a few weeks now.

ED does not care about the quality of your life. Making mistakes is part of the game. I don't know what forces would compel someone to feel entitled enough to think that this is wrong or needs to be fixed.

 

[Lestat]

If the users don't make a mistake then the game is NOT fun.

 

[bitstorm]

I don't understand what this is asking?

 

[xondk]

I am so tired of "(click) Why am I not charging? (click) ." (Waits for RTM trolls)

Would love to up it to say, 5 or 10 clicks. 2 is nonsense. I merely think "destination obscured" and click again, boom, there goes 5% hull 30,000ly from home.

Perhaps being able to change the double-click time would be nice, too.

Hell, I'd love to outright disable it, even. It's pointless 99% of times. Never ever used it and needed it.

Do not have jump and supercruise on the same key. Workaround complete.

This, the combined button is more for starting out, Elite fully expects you to set up the controls to your liking as you get more advanced, split them into two separate keys and this will never really be an issue again. So the solution to your problem already exists.

 

[Muffet]

I do not make mistakes in supercruise, the times i did i was fairly new to the game and still learning the hopes.
I do though use this feature if i need to attend immediately something in real life, which happens often in my personal life.

 

[Anubite]

Point of a safety is preventing error. Being able to turn off e-drop or change the number of clicks would equate to such, and with engineers coming soon such modifications might have their own place. Senseless trouble does not equate to worthwhile challenge.

 

[Psycho Romeo]

Point of a safety is preventing error. Being able to turn off e-drop or change the number of clicks would equate to such, and with engineers coming soon such modifications might have their own place. Senseless trouble does not equate to worthwhile challenge.

The point of a safety is preventing error. However, as anyone in software development would know, the user always finds a way. The current mechanic is fine. If you're still making this mistake, you likely deserve it.

 

[Magic Man]

Point of a safety is preventing error. Being able to turn off e-drop or change the number of clicks would equate to such, and with engineers coming soon such modifications might have their own place. Senseless trouble does not equate to worthwhile challenge.

There is no issue here, just play the game. Nobody else has a problem with this.

 

[Muffet]

Point of a safety is preventing error. Being able to turn off e-drop or change the number of clicks would equate to such, and with engineers coming soon such modifications might have their own place. Senseless trouble does not equate to worthwhile challenge.

This modification have no place. Don't tap madly at something if it isn't doing what you think it will do.
As said, no one have problems with this, just control your fingers or the WHOLE game will have to be changed because of your nervous tic of tapping keys over and over