Corsair has Mass Lock Factor 7
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Mass Lock has never been about actual ship size but balance. Now what that balance is is anyones guess, but thats what Frontier has said on the matter.
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My Keelback can mass lock the Corsair - that can't be right.
source: https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Mass_Lock
source: https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Mass_Lock
Looks like they copy pasted more from the Courier than just the cockpit lol.
If mass were the primary determinant one would assume a floating value based on the actual masses involved, but it's not and never has been. We're talking about an arbitrary balance mechanism with a bit of deliberately vague fantasy physics filler on top.
One can imagine all sorts of reasons for why the effect might exist and be divorced from actual mass. I doubt any explanation is perfectly logically consistent, but the real problem here is the misleading terminology, not the relative MLFs themselves.
One can imagine all sorts of reasons for why the effect might exist and be divorced from actual mass. I doubt any explanation is perfectly logically consistent, but the real problem here is the misleading terminology, not the relative MLFs themselves.
I learned years ago that Frontier's so-called logic in this game is a bit....odd. But hey, it's their game.
It can mass-lock all the Haulers out there. What else do you want as a pirate
There are a lot of weird things with this ship, pitch roll and yaw don't change when adding heavier equipment (That shouldn't be) also It's lighter and has larger thrusters but slower top speed then the clipper (It's spiritual predecessor)
Mass lock should be around 12ish, how the hell can it be the same as a Viper or adder?
Mass lock should be around 12ish, how the hell can it be the same as a Viper or adder?
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Naaahh...
The MLF sounds like a mistake, but the "handling not changing with mass" that you describe would be expected if the ship mass is lower than the "minimum mass" for the thrusters in use, so I'm guessing that this is what is going on. (The top speed being lower than a heavier ship with smaller thrusters does seem odd though, so maybe that's also a mistake.)
I don't have one yet so I can't test this, and also it doesn't seem to be present yet on Coriolis or EDSY.
That happened a loooong time ago.
MLF=7
Thrusters class=7
Coincidence? :-/
Maybe there was some confusion at the Fdev office during the talk about the Corsair.
Project Management:
"we need the ultimate class 7 thruster ship that can mass lock any haulers out there"
Developer:
"Ja ja ja, mass 7 thruster, can mass lock Hauler, ja ja ja"
Working as advertised?
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Which is interesting because before its release, from the known design factors I thought everything about it screams piracy. Somehow I don't believe this is by accident, and wisely so.