Cruise drains energy discussion

[TFinnegan]

Where at first I thought...

"Well, this makes sense, I mean what do the cruise engines run on anyway, twinkies?"

I then got cdspammed, and shieldstripped before i could return fire. This mechanic makes for great ambush hunting, and lolwut piracy, but unless there's some drastic game mechanincs change, including NPC behaviour, I think it's gonna cause much more pain than it's gonna create realism.

Thats my two cents, but i need a token for the subway so i'm taking one back
-Finn

First, when I say 'Don't quote me on that." I mean, YOU don't quote me. I quote myself all the time...

Secondly...
What insane ship designer designs his cruise engines to eat up all the available power on the ship, even threatening to kill the life support? Thats just nuts!

ALTERNATIVE... Have cruise engines drain say 50% or 75% or heck even 90% of power, THAT makes more sense in a realism / nerf the speed attack contest. That way, you could at least return fire after being CD'd or on a high speed drift. You simply couldnt go on a pewpewpewpew rage untill you gave yourself some space to recoup the energy.

Yeah?

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