small suggestion for fuel scooping

[zzzornbringer]

just a really small suggestion:

there should be 2 (not 1) factors that dictate how much fuel you scoop. 1 is range to the planet (currently the case) and 2 is the speed you're flying around it. closer+faster=more fuel.

now, you don't have any benefit when you fly around the planet. you can just park in front of it, go to the toilet and get your fuel. making speed a factor adds a little bit more reward to the scooping.

heat generation probably needs to get adjusted a bit.

what do you think?

 

[SquidgyB]

Couldn't agree more. It's a lot of fun getting the sweep just right as you're circling at ~0.33c (iirc?).

Another idea that was suggested before was possibly having to avoid the solar flares (bumps in temperature if you don't).

 

[Cmdr Andy B]

personally i'm okay with scooping at minimum speed if only to add to the risk, with your throttle at zero interdiction's are over before they even start and you have no chance of escaping them. it can be a real fight to SC away when your heat is already stuck in the 90's and going back into SC involves the possibility of overheating and having to follow an escape vector.