What I have Noticed, is that the REALLY big battleships, such as the Rheinland BS, will almost always dock with the lane. Why? I would guess because the fornt is so large the hitbox+dock point idea detects the ship is there and lets it in. But yea, Do as dab said if you are having trouble. Form with the NPC's and you will automatically dock up with the lane when they do.
' Wrote:What I have Noticed, is that the REALLY big battleships, such as the Rheinland BS, will almost always dock with the lane.
I don't agree that all really big battleships dock well with trade lanes I mean when I had a nomad battleship it took like 5min to get it to dock with a lane and half the time it did some wierd thing where it was as if there was an invisable wall and even if I lined it up perfectly it got so far and bounced of the lane. (I sold it after about 1 day of having it to annoying for my likes)
But I do agree that the Rheinland battleship (when I had one) does seem to be pritty good with tradelanes for some reason.
*reads what he just typed* Yea non of that was really very helpful was it...
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' Wrote:I personally think you are a bit biased since you're KNF. Maybe I'm wrong, just an opinion.
Well, the easiest way to discredit an argument is to discredit the arguer, which is what just happened. However for those of you actually interested in focusing on the argument: I left the compensating factor vague in an effort to spark brain storming for a solution, not as a reason to shoot it down before possibilities are aired. I honestly didn't have any particular ideas about what an appropriate compensating factor would be. The only other example I could think of besides the Kusari BS was the old Corsair Dreadnaught, which was notoriously difficult to put in a tradelane, but had some serious armor on the other hand. You might look at the Zoner Dread too, I'm sure it's difficult to use a tradelane with, but since its a Zoner ship it doesn't really belong in core worlds anyways. Since the 'Sair Dread is defunct I was left with the only other option-which happens to be the flagship for a faction that I participate in. The Kusari BS is not a borderworld BS, its a core world BS, where there are lots of tradelanes for its enemies to use.
Quote:In my experience playing FL when a clan is trying to defend a core system they concentrated all their cap ships in one area to maximise their defensive capabilities. The only ships they sent round the system were fighters as scouts. So Trade lanes dont have never really mattered at all in battles involving cap ships. And even then most people dont expect to get a BS anywhere quickly because most have no hope of using trade lanes.
That is one tactic, no doubt valid, but not the only tactic that can be used.
Someone flying a Liberty Dread is simply more mobile than someone flying a Kusari, regardless of what tactics they use. This might explain the tendancy to fly the Lib Dread instead of a more RP-appropriate BS, like HF using the Lib Dread instead of the Hacker spyglass. The Lib Dread is simply a more practical ship to use, and the only compensating factor the Spyglass has over it is an extra 50k armor. Even with that, how many Spyglasses are there on the server? 2 would be my guess, if Doom hasn't sold his.
' Wrote:Well, the easiest way to discredit an argument is to discredit the arguer, which is what just happened. However for those of you actually interested in focusing on the argument: I left the compensating factor vague in an effort to spark brain storming for a solution, not as a reason to shoot it down before possibilities are aired. I honestly didn't have any particular ideas about what an appropriate compensating factor would be. The only other example I could think of besides the Kusari BS was the old Corsair Dreadnaught, which was notoriously difficult to put in a tradelane, but had some serious armor on the other hand. You might look at the Zoner Dread too, I'm sure it's difficult to use a tradelane with, but since its a Zoner ship it doesn't really belong in core worlds anyways. Since the 'Sair Dread is defunct I was left with the only other option-which happens to be the flagship for a faction that I participate in. The Kusari BS is not a borderworld BS, its a core world BS, where there are lots of tradelanes for its enemies to use.
I didn't mean to discredit, I was just asking. I said I may be mistaking. And Commodore is right about the SpyGlass - read the infocard.
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor
I think the Info-card about the Spyglass should be changed. They are buyable by everyone, and it says there is only 1. Make it say; Very few of these ships were ever built. That would make it more appropriate to the Reality in the server.
The Big ship iis hard to dock, you need to using Auto pilot to do that, how? go in front of the TradeLane,Attention: your ship must be Straight in front of the TradeLane(keep Distance at 1500m~2K) , then using Auto Pilot, that will be more easyer then dock it by your self....but if the NPCs push you,,,i have no idea for that,,,,,just can do it again.....