yea honestly the cruise drain flat out makes the game feel more "realistic". it also gives you some kind of tactical ambush advantage to surprise someone with a CD and take them out of cruise speed.
Jinx was dead on too about the speed of ships. in space mass hurts the acceleration but not top speed, big ships with big engines should have high top speeds but real slow charge/accel.
We all know the general balance issue of LF agile and weak, VHF less agile and strong but at a certain point, LF's are just so weak they are virtually useless. (this isnt for you Mr. I-can-pwnz-an-eagle-in-my-lib-in-2-min-bc-im-amazing) MOST people on the server arent threatening anything higher than a HF in a 4 gun LF. can they get SOME edge that actually makes them useful for something? the higher thrust and cruise speeds are interesting. maybe a LF only CD that stops ALL engines? idk just something like this topic implies that makes a LF appealing as not just a stepping block.
