Cruise speed trick.

[Scumbag]

Best experiences i had as a hunter involved long range chases, you can actually do a lot of things, it's good enough as it is i think.

[Ninefour]

Nope. This is not a group catchup. This is called the Strafe Catchup, where you fly the ship while strafing, adding your strafe speed to the cruise speed. Tutorial will be made soon.

Basically, your strafe speed adds up to your regular, linear speed. So move your cursor slightly off-target (to the left, or right, for example), and then strafe in the opposite direction. Let's say your target is straight ahead. Move your cursor so you're flying slightly to his left. Then strafe right. The speeds will add up, and you'll effectively move at about 360 m/s.

Of course, whoever is running can actually do the same and you'll never catch up.

Pretty much sums it up, thanks.

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[Nerva]

Move your cursor so you're flying slightly to his left. Then strafe right. The speeds will add up, and you'll effectively move at about 360 m/s.

Pythagoras says 350 m/s forward + 33 m/s strafe means 351.55 m/s effective speed.
I tried it in-game: 3 meters gain every 2 seconds ... one can die of boredom.
A Sabre would be a tiny bit faster.

[Shomy]

Thanks to Spazzy and Hasteric for revealing this mystery. I expirienced this few times as the one who was running ( obviously ), and I was always wondering what was the deal.
Thanks again for enlightening me!

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[Hone]

Move your cursor so you're flying slightly to his left. Then strafe right. The speeds will add up, and you'll effectively move at about 360 m/s.

Pythagoras says 350 m/s forward + 33 m/s strafe means 351.55 m/s effective speed.
I tried it in-game: 3 meters gain every 2 seconds ... one can die of boredom.
A Sabre would be a tiny bit faster.

Doesnt it depend on the angle you move to the side?

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[Nerva]

Doesnt it depend on the angle you move to the side?

No, you have to keep a fixed angle. Otherwise you'll miss the target.

[Hone]

Ye Im saying if that 5.3 degree angle was different, your foward speed would change right? I mean no-one is going to get the perfect angle ingame are they?

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[Nerva]

Ye Im saying if that 5.3 degree angle was different, your foward speed would change right? I mean no-one is going to get the perfect angle ingame are they?

The angle is determined only by the ship's cruise speed and the strafe speed. If you don't keep the perfect course you'll see less gain in distance.
Of course it's impossible to maintain the exact course. I usually use the space dust to determine the direction of my ship.

[Champ]

2 admins viewing, censoring inbound?

Nope. I did this all the time back in my early Liberty days, and anybody that's smart enough can figure out good chase tactics themselves.

The real question is why in the seven hells do you want to teach people that aren't you?

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[Haste]

Usually, whoever you're chasing will move around slightly, which means that if you fly "perfectly" you'll gain more than those 1.5 meters per second. This is even more true in asteroid fields and such (Although it's pretty hard to keep using this trick while dodging rocks. It's probably better to focus on avoiding rocks with minimal movement instead).

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