Extra Speed, Extra Thrust, Extra Rotation?

[Aishi]

Well, I've talked to a few friends from before the reset, and they've inspired me to make this topic.

Note that I am well aware that other people might have already mentioned this in other topics, although

I am too lazy to read them.

Its basically what the topic says. Should we bring back those 3 items? I think so.

This is because of the lack of diversity in the zone.

I'm not talking about who has what ship, but rather, what items are on those ships.

For example, at this time, most centering /bountying Javelins choose at least one of these four items (If not more than one):

a) Maxwell Infusers

b ) Power Strip

c) Maneuvering fins

d) Tunnel Runner

 

Most of the other addons are useless to the Javelin, not including the occasional stealth shaper. This makes it possible

For almost everybody to guess what the javelin's ship build is. If they are faster than person1 but slower than person2, then they have a build including

these items. This type of HS is not fun for me. What i found the most fun about HS was the amount of diversity. For example, before the reset, 10 javelins could be using the same Sublight drive, and it would still be

*nearly* impossible to guess what their ship build is. This is because there are many different ways to

combine the 3 Items Extra Speed, Extra Thrust, and extra Rotation.

 

Now, what I am suggesting is that you bring back these 3 items. This would cause an increase of diversity, as well as give ships more choices as to

What they can buy. This would also let people customize their ship even more.

For example, as an average HS player, my javelin has Flash drive as my sublight drive and Maneuvering fins and tunnel runner as my 2 addons. My thrust is CRAZY, and my speed is decent, but my maxthrust is just slightly above average, and my maxspeed is below par. But the problem is, I love using afterburners, but I also want a lot of thrust. I don't like retro rockets on my javelin because I am MUCH slower than the average warbird. If we had the three items that i talked about, then i could simply sell Tunnel Runner and buy Extra speed. I dont want to spend an extra 150k on buying an extra addon, yet if i don't, I am much slower than others while using afterburners. What might work is that you could move Maneuvering fins back into Armor, and remove Tunnel Runner's +2 speed , and add the 3 items named in the !@#$%^&*le to either Addons or Mounts. I would suggest mounts, because it would be more similar to what we had before. This way, we can also have more addons.

 

To be concise, I can understand that Maneuvering fins, Tunnel runner, and Maxwell Infusers were meant to replace the 3 items above. However, I feel that this is not enough. The difference is that Tunnel runner increases speed with no penalty of thrust, but has no maxspeed bonus, while Maneuvering fins does have extra maxthrust, but does not have a speed penalty. However, Tunnel runner doesn't give maxspeed, so for Flash Drive users like myself, There is almost NO difference between my Maxspeed and my speed without using afterburners. I have 6 speed and 0 maxspeed, so they are basically the same.

 

I'm pretty sure that many people would appreciate the return of these 3 items, including myself.

Edited July 11, 2008 by Aishi

[Kilo]

So you claim that Deflector Shield and Parallel Relay are useless to a jav? Interesting.

Also if you can't tell the difference between +6 speed and +0 afterburners (approximately +11.33, for a difference of +5.333) I have to wonder.... With my setup I have +5 speed and -2 maxspeed, so there's an even smaller difference, and I definitely go tons faster using afterburners.

[Aishi]

Well, i said that

most Javelins choose at least one of these four items

 

used one of those, and

 

Most of the other addons are useless to the Javelin

 

I am !@#$%^&*uming that we are talking about center javelins but I'll add that in right now. =)

 

And my jav goes almost the same speed as when i dont use afterburners at all.

=x

 

Anyway, I still think that this would be a good idea, because at least now, People could have SOME differences in their ship builds.

 

To be honest, i know both klammy's and f3ar-evil's warbird builds, and i can say that they are almost identical. Many people also use similar ship builds.

 

And I didnt mention this in the original post, but I will edit it right after i finish.

I would suggest to use a seperate section for the 3 items, or to make it a mount, like the old HS did.

I would also move Maneuvering fins back to armor, and Simply remove the +2 speed from tunnel runner. Maxwell could stay as it is.

 

Anyway, just consider it =)

 

P.S. Revised as of now =d

Edited July 11, 2008 by Aishi

[Kilo]

Your jav doesn't go even close to the same speed afterburners vs no afterburners if your speed rating is +6 and your maxspeed rating is +0. That'd be like saying a ship with +0/+0 goes almost as fast a ship with +6/+0. Edited July 11, 2008 by Kilo