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Ship Agility
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Betty Bly
Doomheim
#1 - 2013-10-09 20:49:14 UTC
It's my understanding that ship agility, and maneuverability are the same thing. Is Evasive Maneuvering, Spaceship Command, and Advanced Spaceship Command the only skills that affect your ships agility?

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Mara Pahrdi
The Order of Anoyia
#2 - 2013-10-09 21:58:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Mara Pahrdi
Also check the Armour Layering skill. If you fit armour plates, the skill will affect your agility by reducing the plates mass penalty by 5% per skill level.

Edit: But yes, there are only those three skills, that give you a direct increase in agility.

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Betty Bly
Doomheim
#3 - 2013-10-09 22:26:34 UTC
I didn't see the Armour Layering skill, good to know. Thanks for the reply! Blink

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Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#4 - 2013-10-10 02:50:33 UTC
Mara Pahrdi wrote:
Also check the Armour Layering skill. If you fit armour plates, the skill will affect your agility by reducing the plates mass penalty by 5% per skill level.

Edit: But yes, there are only those three skills, that give you a direct increase in agility.


Huh. I was going to point out that Armor Rigging has a larger effect than Armor Layering, but that's actually wrong when we're talking about agility. Posting anyway in case anyone else was tempted by the same mistake. Armor Rigging has a (much) larger effect on top speed but none at all on agility. Which makes sense when you think about what they actually do.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#5 - 2013-10-10 05:22:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
Agility reduces the effective mass of a ship.

Effective Mass = Mass * Inertial Modifier * (1 - Agility)

The lower the effective mass, the faster the acceleration, which also means the faster the ship can change direction (ships use a velocity vector that has direction and magnitude, hence you cannot be "aligned" at 0 velocity).

Agility Skills:
* Evasive Maneuvering.
* Spaceship Command.
* Advanced Spaceship Command (only for ships requiring it).
* Capital Ships (only for ships requiring it - pretty useless for the most part, as capitals are really slow).

Agility Stuff:
* Implants: Nomad (Thuker) and possibly some others I can't think of at the moment.
* Modules: nanofiber & inertial stabilizers (istabs).
* Rigs: Polycarbon Engine Housing & Low Friction Nozzle Joints
Basically there are two types of fittings: one that increases only agility, and one that increases agility and velocity. Beware of stacking penalties when using the fittings with both.
Mister Tuggles
Heretic Army
Sedition.
#6 - 2013-10-10 09:31:53 UTC
Betty Bly wrote:
It's my understanding that ship agility, and maneuverability are the same thing. Is Evasive Maneuvering, Spaceship Command, and Advanced Spaceship Command the only skills that affect your ships agility?



I believe Advanced Spaceship Command only gives you agility bonus to hulls that need it as a pre-req, i.e. capitals.
Betty Bly
Doomheim
#7 - 2013-10-10 14:07:30 UTC
So Evasive Maneuvering and Spaceship Command for non cap, gotcha.

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