Atmosphereless near planet wobble is ridiculous.

[afreeflyingsoul]

I was flying at the ground at optimum maneuvering power (blue part of throttle thingy) and my ship was wobbling.

This is stupid.

I know FD did this ship wobble thing explicitly to make ground attacking harder/more challenging. That's the only reason. There is no other reason for this. There is no explanation in physics that can account for this wobble. I know FD said it's cause the thrusters are "too weak", but for a company that prides itself on it's ED flight model, this is embarrassing. If the thrusters were too weak, our ships would just fall to the ground and never get off planet.

Fine.

If FD really wants to be stupid about this, fine. But now that we have two separate modes, can we get rid of the wobble when our ships are in exploration mode. Even better, can we have it so the ships maintain orientation near planets when the throttle is at zero?

FD can turn the wobble back on for combat. You can even make up another stupid reason such as the weaponry makes the thrusters stupid, I mean, weaker because power usage or something. Problem solved! All the players that want to explore and enjoy the scenery in ED can have a blissful, physics appropriate experience, while anyone who is engaged in ground combat can have their "challenging" gameplay.

 

[Cmdr Nemo]

Some objects are worse than other's, on occasion, I've found that engaging the landing gear helps a wee bit.

 

[afreeflyingsoul]

Some objects are worse than other's, on occasion, I've found that engaging the landing gear helps a wee bit.

True, it does scale with gravity, and that's one reason I usually limit my near planet excursions to very low grav worlds.

 

[777Driver]

Only solution is to fly FA-OFF. A few of us did mention this weird thruster quirk when horizons launched. My only issue is that if the thrusters are supposed to be struggling (only happens when the ship is pitched down) why do they operate perfectly fine when performing the same manoeuvre with flight assist disengaged?

All flight assist needs to do is provide a steady thrust output from the vertical thrusters, something easily achievable when done manually fa-off. The wobble is clearly an artificial effect.

 

[Bigmaec]

No to wobble!

 

[Morbad]

The wobble is clearly an artificial effect.

It's another example of balance via arbitrary control handicaps.

That said, FA Off is, as you say, a practical solution for most cases that don't involve extreme gravity.

 

[John Stoutbeard]

Agree. There's no logical reason supporting wobble as long as you don't have turbulence.
It does not contribute to the gameplay.
The only thing is it only contributes to 'I'm flying in atmosphere' immersion, which is wrong.