Boost need to go!

[kofeyh]

Boost is an awful, terrible "mechanic." I honestly dont know how it made it into production.

Boost should be replaced with Afterburner. Same speed boost, but constant. Afterburner should build heat and burn fuel steadily while active, allowing the player to burn as long as THEY decide its tactically worthwhile to do so. Afterburner is a simulator mechanic; boost belongs in a game. Which is odd, since its the only real game mechanic Elite has at present...

Yes. I am trying to remember if the original elite did. It's been a long time since I last played it. Afterburner could be used in much the same way, regardless, and is more in line with what I'd expect.

 

[lysan]

Hah...

Can people please play all aspects of a game before writing proposals and suggestions...

Hum? I lost you there mate, please clarify.

 

[lysan]

That sounds like a horrible idea, unless you want people to only use boost when they need to run away from a fight that went bad or to chase down pvp kills.

Boost is currently very useful for large ships. It helps us turn quicker. Without it we are sitting ducks. So if you want to nerf the crap out of boost then you need to buff the hell out of turrets.

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Fuel burn is not that important, especially for large ships. My corvette carries 64 tons of fuel. You think I will care if fuel consumption in combat increases? Even if I go from burning 2.5 tons per hour to 25 tons per hour it would still be meaningless to me. The current system of needing to recharge your engine capacitor to boost seems fair and balanced to me.

I really don't want to nerf anything, what I suggest are a add on layer to the boost function. A retro burn will give you the same function, however it will drain you caps completely, you will not need to spam the boost button all the time. That or the speed bleed, when we could boost shut off engines and just drift with the same velocity, it was just awesome. Then THAT got nerfed.