| Author |
E-Jump should jump until all fuel is gone. |
Chewy Squirrel
Chief Marshal
Joined: January 27, 2003
Posts: 304
From: NYC
|  Posted: 2010-04-08 17:55
When you engage the jump drive with Shift-J(E-jump) it shoud engage and keep going until it runs out of fuel. The 8 seconds you get currently will get you tracked down and killed most of the time(unless you're k'luth who just cloak at the end).
There's no reason for the drive to be capped at an 8 second jump for an e-jump as you can cancel the jump at any point with J. And we all know how cumbersome it is to F2, and ctrl click a point in deep space during battle.
Please make the e-jump more useful.
_________________
|
AdmiralChaos
Chief Marshal
Joined: October 08, 2008
Posts: 274
| Posted: 2010-04-08 18:03
I think its fine as is, personally. Its a pretty good o-shi buttan. Its not meant to get you far far away from enemys.
_________________
I'll chain you to the truth,
For the truth shall set you free,
I'll turn the screws of vengeance,
And bury you with honesty.
I'll make all your dreams come to life,
And slay them as quickly as they came.
|
Starcommander
Marshal
Joined: December 14, 2005
Posts: 579
From: In your base, stealing your cookies
| Posted: 2010-04-08 18:18
Should be upped tho, like a 10 or 12 sec jump to get out farther from combat.
_________________
WH 40k armies, Grey Knights, Dark Angles, Imperial Guard (Vostroyan First Born) and Orks.
There is a thin line between knowing when to give up and when to try harder.
|
James 296
Fleet Admiral
Joined: March 19, 2009
Posts: 141
| Posted: 2010-04-08 18:19
I agree with kenny. but just increase the jump time to 10+ secs and that should do the trick
_________________
|
Kenny_Naboo
Marshal
Pitch Black
Joined: January 11, 2010
Posts: 3823
From: LobsterTown
| Posted: 2010-04-08 18:26
Crap. I accidentally deleted my post. Doing this from my iPhone at the airport. Must've checked the wrong thing.
Anyway, what I said was...
If u jump till yer outta fuel, yer stranded at the end of the jump till a supp gets to you.
And if u get tracked down, then yer dead cos u won't be able to recharge the JD n escape a 2nd time.
Trust me. Nubs r the ones who will die more often if this is implemented.
Knowing the diff ship classes we cab guesstimate your max jump range n track u by continously hitting E in jump till we see u, then drop outta jump n call our teammates in on u.
_________________
... in space, no one can hear you scream.....
|
Shigernafy
Admiral
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 5726
From: The Land of Taxation without Representation
| Posted: 2010-04-08 20:13
E-Jump is, as the name implie... no, directly states, an emergency jump. It is not meant to be a get out of jail free card. You'll just have to deal with occasionally dying if you don't have an escape route planned before you get to critical hull levels.
Also, e-jumps are of a (pseudo)random duration of between 5 and 9 seconds. And I fail to see how moving it from 8 to 10 or 12 seconds would make a big difference -- players already often just track in a long line and then abort when you're noticed.. even if not, adjusting tracking jump lengths by +25% wouldn't be the hardest trick for anyone with any semblance of intelligence.
_________________
* [S.W]AdmBito @55321 Sent \"I dunno; the French had a few missteps. But they're on the right track, one headbutt at a time.\"
|
Pakhos[+R]
Chief Marshal
Pitch Black
Joined: May 31, 2002
Posts: 1352
From: Clean room lab
| Posted: 2010-04-08 20:24
Probably u will hit the edge of the map anyway.
_________________
* Josef hands [PB]Quantium the Golden GothThug award for best melodrama in a miniseries...
[-GTN-]BackSlash: "Azreal is a master of showing me what is horribly broken in the game."
|
Shigernafy
Admiral
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 5726
From: The Land of Taxation without Representation
| Posted: 2010-04-08 20:27
_________________
* [S.W]AdmBito @55321 Sent \"I dunno; the French had a few missteps. But they're on the right track, one headbutt at a time.\"
|
Sens [R33]
Admiral
Joined: September 27, 2008
Posts: 1020
From: Edge of th...
| Posted: 2010-04-08 20:45
If you hit the side of the map, you'll just head in an arbitrary direction against the side.
_________________
Proud member of the Order of the Gaifen
Founder and former Club chair of the Shigernafy Fan Club
Co-founder of the Doran Judication Comittee
|
English
Deutsch
Nederlands
)
