Different top speed for LF, HF, VHF/SHF and bomber

[William Frederick Cody]

Great idea. Would enforce the use of light fighters and such. + it is 100% logical.

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[MarvinCZ]

Great idea. Would enforce the use of light fighters and such. + it is 100% logical.

"Enforce" ? I guess you wanted to say "promote". We don't want to force people into using LFs, now, do we?

This doesn't look bad, although I just took a short look ... The effects are hard to guess at this point.

[reisiger_duke]

Thank you for pointing that out. I was starting to think... "Wut..?:huh:"

Yea... I added a clarification to the first post :crazy:
Sorry about that :$

[reavengitair]

Heh, overall its not bad, but to be honest, Im fine with the way combat is now.

If it improves it, great, if it doesn't... well...

[atlantis2112]

From my point of view, and with my experience from Jumpgate classic, these changes would allow Fighters to run down a bomber, and each lighter Fighter class can run down the next heavier one.

Then wouldn't the Lightfighters rape everything? (Heavy, Very, Bomber)

[JakeSG]

HF's are already used a lot. They have great agility -and- they have a torp mount. Just most people automatically go for the VHF as soon as they think fighters. LF's are used a bit too, but only really the Liberator, the Nomad Assassin and Morphling, and perhaps some Kusari ones are deployed in great numbers. Agreed that most others could use a little buff.

Argonaut, SHF's are pretty well useless, as Nighthawk said. Bomber-bait. Size of a gunboat and one SNAC sends them to hell. The only people you'll be killing are idiots, or maybe capships with the right loadout.

As for the general idea: Way too fiddly. Balancing nightmares. More trouble than its worth, and the potential to completely tear apart the community if it's done wrong.

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[atlantis2112]

If we really needed to implement these ideas.. small changes. 10 m/s up for LFs, 5 for HFs or something.

[Elsdragon]

Not nessesary, Just Hit the A and D keys a bit to not get Air SNACed

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[SigCorps]

Then wouldn't the Lightfighters rape everything? (Heavy, Very, Bomber)

actually not really. The LF's would not be able to do enough damage fast enough to kill a VHF or bomber. Although a pack (4+) would really tear up other fighters...but then it should be that way anyhow


I do love this idea...LF's do need something to make them more usefull

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[reisiger_duke]

Then wouldn't the Lightfighters rape everything? (Heavy, Very, Bomber)

If you have a horde of light fighters? Sure, they'd eat up anything that can't absorb their combined DPS (damage per second), but the benefit of a heavier fighter is always to be able to shrug off more damage than the lighter classes can.

HF's are already used a lot. They have great agility -and- they have a torp mount. Just most people automatically go for the VHF as soon as they think fighters. LF's are used a bit too, but only really the Liberator, the Nomad Assassin and Morphling, and perhaps some Kusari ones are deployed in great numbers. Agreed that most others could use a little buff.

Argonaut, SHF's are pretty well useless, as Nighthawk said. Bomber-bait. Size of a gunboat and one SNAC sends them to hell. The only people you'll be killing are idiots, or maybe capships with the right loadout.

As for the general idea: Way too fiddly. Balancing nightmares. More trouble than its worth, and the potential to completely tear apart the community if it's done wrong.

I don't think it'll create a schism or something in the community at all. As those changes would only affect which fighter class can catch up to another one, or catch up to a bomber... which will probably annoy a lot of folks, as they'd no longer be able to avoid contact when thrusting away from a fighter... and on their part need fighter cover.

If we really needed to implement these ideas.. small changes. 10 m/s up for LFs, 5 for HFs or something.

Also possible, but if the differences are too small, the effect of catching up in time - and thus being able to attack an attacker :mellow: - will be lost.

Not nessesary, Just Hit the A and D keys a bit to not get Air SNACed

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Before replying, please bear in mind this post is about applying speed changes only! Other ideas - especially about Bomber nerfing other than speed, adding an explosion radius to a SNAC, etc. please discuss about in a seperate topic!

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