Regarding the cruise changes

[Jinx]

almost a day has passed since the update changes came into effect.... - still not enough time to consider how much they contribute to the balance.

yesterday - there were several people who boldly stated how they would E-kill when cruising and recharging. - i am really lost about people like that. - it just so proves that they haven t even TRIED the feature ingame - but are ready to comment on it.

so - what we gotto think about is:

can we conduct pvp the way we did before? ..... i think the answer is "no". - maybe we have to exit cruise at a greater range, chill - and impulse into each battle. - before, it was like star wars - ships "jumping right into a battle, guns blazing - and eventually, hyperjumping right out of it".

now - we don t jump into the living room of a party, but we jump to the front gate of the garden - and approach the door at a slow walking pace.


is it hard to adapt to a slower pvp start? - heck, yes ... it is hard. even players that are convinced that they are not "set in their ways" need time to change. - you just EXPECT a ship to be able to defend itself when it drops out of cruise..... .

you feel utterly vulnerable when you cannot do it. - 30 seconds no energy on a freighter, 1 minute on a battleship, yes - in 1 minute, a battleship can loose all its shields and a good chunk of its hull easily. when its fighting another battleship.... 1 minute = no more bots and bats.


but what when you leave the cruise at 12k - and impulse slowly into the fight? - what makes you think that its so unbearable to just wait for 1 or two minutes at the very edge of the battle, preparing for the combat? - you don t need to fear that people will reach you too quickly, cause - that means they would need to cruise up to you.




leaving the transports. - this one needs watching and revision.

i see NO problem with battleships, cruisers, bombers, fighters etc. - there may be a problem about fairness about transports.

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