“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
While we all would like better damage modeling, I'm actually pretty happy with the damage "decals" we get in battle. The problem is that this visual damage magically disappears the second we enter supercruise. This is especially jarring on a ship like the Mamba where we can witness this from the cockpit. It's borderline buggy IMO.
All I ask is this - let us keep those damage decals until we repair our ship. When I pull into space dock, I want people to see my battle scars. These are not something to be ashamed of, but rather proud of. Now if you'd like to go the extra mile, you could have these decals be removed incrementally with incremental hull repairs. For example, if I repair 90% of my hull damage, 90% of the damage decals are removed, leaving 10% still visible.
Source: https://youtu.be/OnpQgeAmhnc?t=113
While we all would like better damage modeling, I'm actually pretty happy with the damage "decals" we get in battle. The problem is that this visual damage magically disappears the second we enter supercruise. This is especially jarring on a ship like the Mamba where we can witness this from the cockpit. It's borderline buggy IMO.
All I ask is this - let us keep those damage decals until we repair our ship. When I pull into space dock, I want people to see my battle scars. These are not something to be ashamed of, but rather proud of. Now if you'd like to go the extra mile, you could have these decals be removed incrementally with incremental hull repairs. For example, if I repair 90% of my hull damage, 90% of the damage decals are removed, leaving 10% still visible.