Why the hell does my ship slow down?

[Sammy M.F Bananas]

If i boost I should maintain that speed until something affects it. Space is a frickin vacuum. If I could boost and save some of the momentum maybe space combat would actually be decent.

[Akkarin]

Yea, but most space games have the same issue.

What gets me is i have to hold down the forward key to stay at full speed, as soon as i let go my top speed halves.

[ƎϽ∀ƎԀ]

Because you can't space battle at full speed. Trying to fight at full speed, you just fly around them in a big arc and can't orient your weapons on them. You want your speed in the middle of the bar for the best control. People having trouble in space battle need to learn this. If you are doing crappy in space battle, SLOW DOWN.

[BoogieMan]

Originally posted by ƎϽ∀ƎԀ:

Because you can't space battle at full speed. Trying to fight at full speed, you just fly around them in a big arc and can't orient your weapons on them. You want your speed in the middle of the bar for the best control. People having trouble in space battle need to learn this. If you are doing crappy in space battle, SLOW DOWN.

What they are talking about is inertia. In reality, if you speed up in space you'll keep going that speed until you counteract it with an opposing force, instead of slowing down like you do now, as if there was atmospheric drag.

Elite Dangerous has a setting that lets you do that, but it's very difficult to make good use of. You may keep going faster, but you're no longer being as evasive so you may be an easier target if there are other opponents, or your target can keep up.

But in a game meant to be accessible to the masses it being how it is, isn't surprising.

[ƎϽ∀ƎԀ]

Originally posted by BoogieMan:

Originally posted by ƎϽ∀ƎԀ:

Because you can't space battle at full speed. Trying to fight at full speed, you just fly around them in a big arc and can't orient your weapons on them. You want your speed in the middle of the bar for the best control. People having trouble in space battle need to learn this. If you are doing crappy in space battle, SLOW DOWN.

What they are talking about is inertia. In reality, if you speed up in space you'll keep going that speed until you counteract it with an opposing force, instead of slowing down like you do now, as if there was atmospheric drag.

Elite Dangerous has a setting that lets you do that, but it's very difficult to make good use of. You may keep going faster, but you're no longer being as evasive so you may be an easier target if there are other opponents, or your target can keep up.

But in a game meant to be accessible to the masses it being how it is, isn't surprising.

I totally understand that, game vrs reality. I'm just saying my viewpoint on the auto change speed in the game.

[Sammy M.F Bananas]

Originally posted by BoogieMan:

Originally posted by ƎϽ∀ƎԀ:

Because you can't space battle at full speed. Trying to fight at full speed, you just fly around them in a big arc and can't orient your weapons on them. You want your speed in the middle of the bar for the best control. People having trouble in space battle need to learn this. If you are doing crappy in space battle, SLOW DOWN.

What they are talking about is inertia. In reality, if you speed up in space you'll keep going that speed until you counteract it with an opposing force, instead of slowing down like you do now, as if there was atmospheric drag.

Elite Dangerous has a setting that lets you do that, but it's very difficult to make good use of. You may keep going faster, but you're no longer being as evasive so you may be an easier target if there are other opponents, or your target can keep up.

But in a game meant to be accessible to the masses it being how it is, isn't surprising.

I just want more control I think. I am spoiled by elite dangerous. I think thats why I'm having such a hard time enjoying the space combat/flight. I can fight at high speeds and even use my thrusters in such a way to encircle a target while raining fire. I can land an unguided missile right in the cockpit flying full blast.

Also, when the giant asteroids break i think they should break into smaller ACTUAL asteroids. If you flew and eagle or a cobra this games hard to adapt to.

[BoogieMan]

Originally posted by Sammy M.F Bananas:

Originally posted by BoogieMan:

What they are talking about is inertia. In reality, if you speed up in space you'll keep going that speed until you counteract it with an opposing force, instead of slowing down like you do now, as if there was atmospheric drag.

Elite Dangerous has a setting that lets you do that, but it's very difficult to make good use of. You may keep going faster, but you're no longer being as evasive so you may be an easier target if there are other opponents, or your target can keep up.

But in a game meant to be accessible to the masses it being how it is, isn't surprising.

I just want more control I think. I am spoiled by elite dangerous. I think thats why I'm having such a hard time enjoying the space combat/flight. I can fight at high speeds and even use my thrusters in such a way to encircle a target while raining fire. I can land an unguided missile right in the cockpit flying full blast.

Also, when the giant asteroids break i think they should break into smaller ACTUAL asteroids. If you flew and eagle or a cobra this games hard to adapt to.

I trucked around in an Anaconda all the time, so feeling like a tugboat isn't as foreign to me, heh.