Regarding the cruise changes

[Tenacity]

Right now it takes my carrier 27 seconds to regen it's core after dropping out of cruise. That's 27 seconds where I can either rely solely on cruiser primary turrets - which suck against anything bigger than a gunboat anyways - or sit there and do nothing while I get up the energy to use pulses, mortars, razors, missiles, or anything else.

In 27 seconds, a single battleship can run me out of bats and bots, and have me near death. In 27 seconds, a pair of bombers can start chewing into my hull. Hell, in 27 seconds even the weaker destroyers would have my shield down and start pelting my hull with mortars.

That kind of downtime is simply not acceptable, and it's almost as bad for most of the other shipclasses...

Heavy bombers take 25 seconds to regen enough energy for a snac. Light bombers take 27 seconds.

A titan takes 16 seconds, a sabre takes 14. Gunships and most gunboats take 15 seconds. Destroyers/Light cruisers take 20 seconds, heavy cruisers take 24 seconds, light battleships take 36 seconds, and heavy battleships have to wait a full 35 seconds.

No matter what ship class you're flying, you're going to be experiencing a minimum of 10 seconds downtime before you can fire all but the weakest weapons. Anything over 5-6 seconds is too much, as far as I'm concerned - especially considering the damage that can be dealt to a player in that amount of time.

@Tenacity: I think it is broken. Stating that it isn't seems to me to be wrong. Head over to the sanctions section to look at the guys who have lost all of their guns, credits and cargo for violating the rule.

Cannon, the only thing this change does is punish everyone for the mistakes of a few. In real world governments, that's called dictatorship, and it isnt looked very highly upon.

You're still going to have just as many re-engagements as before, the number of sanctions received due to this will not drop. The only thing you're doing is pissing off the people who follow the rules becuase you're tired of processing a handful of sanctions every week. I'm sorry, but that doesnt sit right with me, not in the least.

But I guess you dont have to worry about my opinion anymore, as I said in previous threads I'm done on disco until this gets reverted - and if it doesnt, well, I guess I'm done for good then. I've already heard of three other decent players here leaving for the same reason. If you want to replace the good with the bad, then by all means, keep this ridiculous mechanic.

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