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Julius Rigel
#81 - 2014-06-30 11:38:33 UTC
Zappity wrote:
Yes for kiting ships, no for brawling ships. You're just wrong. Orbit is valuable even now.
It would be even more valuable if you had to do it yourself!

I really like the idea of a ring, however - we could do with some usability improvements to the interface, as long as they don't take away from mechanical gameplay. An orbit ring to give you an indicator of where you should be flying. Perhaps even two - one for the current position of your target, and one for the predicted position of your target based on its speed and heading.

Just don't have it actually orbit for you. I don't like it when the game plays itself.

Do YOU like to undock?
Zappity
New Eden Tank Testing Services
#82 - 2014-06-30 11:54:27 UTC
Julius Rigel wrote:
Zappity wrote:
Yes for kiting ships, no for brawling ships. You're just wrong. Orbit is valuable even now.
It would be even more valuable if you had to do it yourself!

I really like the idea of a ring, however - we could do with some usability improvements to the interface, as long as they don't take away from mechanical gameplay. An orbit ring to give you an indicator of where you should be flying. Perhaps even two - one for the current position of your target, and one for the predicted position of your target based on its speed and heading.

Just don't have it actually orbit for you. I don't like it when the game plays itself.

Well let's think about that. You are trying to maintain a tight orbit at 500 in an ab frigate. You are moving at 1000m/s on a server with 1hz ticks. How closely do you think you will be able to manually orbit?

Yes, manual piloting is important and sometimes gives you an edge in PvP. But not all the time.

Zappity's Adventures for a taste of lowsec and nullsec.
Benar Ellecon
Card games on MOTORCYCLES
#83 - 2014-06-30 15:56:49 UTC
Great idea! +1
In addition it would be nice to be able to have a set number of tactical maneuvers we could "record" and activate for approaching a target as mentioned in a previous post.

Fly with your hair on FIRE!
SFM Hobb3s
Perkone
Caldari State
#84 - 2014-06-30 16:28:21 UTC
Gets a +1 from me for sure, and this could very likely be purely client-side driven.
Rykoszet
CBC FORGE
Mostly Newbies
#85 - 2014-07-01 08:39:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Rykoszet
self +1, why ships change directions when webbed?

CCP, we're still waiting - 5 months and not even a single response?

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