Re: [FT] Question about Drives

Charles Taylor wrote:

>First, how much more would a drive system that did _not_ have the
>rear-arc firing restriction be worth?
>In cinematic?

Quite a bit, since it allows even low-thrust ships (able to make 2-point

turns or less only) to keep the enemy out of the "no-fire zone". It
removes 
most of the reasons for using engines stronger than thrust-4 (standard).

>In Vector (if you keep that restriction in vector)?

Very little, since you can almost always rotate to keep the enemy in
your 
preferred arc of fire.

>Second, consider a game with both cinematic and vector thrust (for
>instance, in the EFSB, only the Minbari used Cinematic movement), how
>much should the cost of the cinematic drives cost compared to the
vector
>thrust ones?

They shouldn't cost any more. If anything the cinematic drives should
cost 
*less* than the vector ones, mainly due to their (much) lower ability to

keep the enemy in their preferred arc of fire.

Later,

Oerjan
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