Sometimes enemy ships start to spin around aimlessly in combat.

[IReaperI]

Hey guys!

So I've been doing some bounty hunting with a Viper MKIII, kitted out with multi-cannons and pulse lasers and I have noticed something odd during combat situations.
Sometimes when I am causing hull damage to the ships, they just start to spin around aimlessly, seemingly to have a power outage or something.

Surely some of you experts could tell what is really happening when these things occur? Is this intentional in the game, did I really just knock out the enemy's power plant or thrusters, or is it just a bug that makes even expert targets, sometimes way too easy?

Thanks for the reply, fly safely and stay awesome!

CMDR Reaper

 

[Wasp0]

Hey guys!

So I've been doing some bounty hunting with a Viper MKIII, kitted out with multi-cannons and pulse lasers and I have noticed something odd during combat situations.
Sometimes when I am causing hull damage to the ships, they just start to spin around aimlessly, seemingly to have a power outage or something.

Surely some of you experts could tell what is really happening when these things occur? Is this intentional in the game, did I really just knock out the enemy's power plant or thrusters, or is it just a bug that makes even expert targets, sometimes way too easy?

Thanks for the reply, fly safely and stay awesome!

CMDR Reaper

Known bug. stop firing and it should fly off so you can have a better fight against it. No fun in PewPewing it whilst it just spins!

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

Yeah, flying too close, or stop shooting will fix it temporarily.
It's known as the 'Kebab Roll'.
It's been an issue the whole time I've been playing. I mostly ignore it. If I'm feeling lazy I'll use it to finish off a ship I can't be bothered to deal with. Lol

I've noticed some ships never, or very rarely do it. FAS, FGS, Eagle, Cobra...
And others doing it almost 100% of the time. Python, Clipper, Asp...

 

[DefiledDragon]

I put it down to the pilot knocking his coffee all over the floor and leaning on the stick as he tries to mop it up with his scarf.

 

[kilvenny]

Partial failure causes thrusters on one side to fire when not required to, causing the ship to spin endlessly. If you fire continuously at one side you can cause it.