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Author Topic: Telling fighters to engage is meant to cost flux?  (Read 981 times)

Ali

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Telling fighters to engage is meant to cost flux?
« on: May 25, 2019, 09:47:31 AM »
Have noticed tellin me wings to engage generates flux & thereofore breaks speed boost?

Is this right?
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Thaago

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Re: Telling fighters to engage is meant to cost flux?
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2019, 09:50:20 AM »
Yes - its meant to stop carriers from being able to fight and still run with the 0 flux boost. Imagine trying to kill a Heron if it were kiting with 50 more speed...
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goduranus

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Re: Telling fighters to engage is meant to cost flux?
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2019, 09:57:48 AM »
i think with helmsmanship skill and the flux boosting skill, certain ship configurations can maintain speed boost even with fighters engaging.
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Ali

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Re: Telling fighters to engage is meant to cost flux?
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2019, 10:00:52 AM »
ah k, yea guess makes sense in tht aspect...  ;)
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Re: Telling fighters to engage is meant to cost flux?
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2019, 10:58:06 AM »
Helmsmanship 3 used to work for carriers in 0.8.x, but not anymore in 0.9.x precisely because of the zero-flux bonus.  Carrier playerships with old Helmsmanship 3 built purely for fighter spam were overpowered compared to warships.  Today, carriers have their flux set 5% or so above normal to prevent zero-flux boost.
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goduranus

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Re: Telling fighters to engage is meant to cost flux?
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2019, 12:04:12 PM »
I saw the astral running at 248 flux while fighters are engaging, while Astral with skill maxes out at around 27000 flux? So that is less than the 1% limit for zero flux boost. Haven't tested if that works yet.
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Re: Telling fighters to engage is meant to cost flux?
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2019, 01:53:45 AM »
Why not just make carriers slower?
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