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[SuicideJunkie]

v2.13 is now available to download!
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This should definitely help keep it clear who you should be shooting and who you should be helping

[Anvilfolk]

Aw sweet!

Please please please make a slideshow for it

I'm really interested in this, but it seems like it has a pretty high learning and setup curve, but I'd love to see LP-type things Perhaps even do LPs like Erkki used to do. Each team gets its own threads, and the other team isn't allowed in

Bonus points for BSG-like flavour text!

[Girlinhat]

It appears everyone has decided that I'm the center of all fire...

[Anvilfolk]

I recall you piloting in Guns of Icarus - flying into the thick of it is your hallmark strategy! One could almost say that to do it would be "pulling a Girlinhat"

[Girlinhat]

Yes, and my second flight shall be more glorious.  I've already learned quite a bit about combat with just a few shots.  "Running into the thick of it" will be incredibly accurate.

[Iceblaster]

Sooo in theory...

I could field am army of expendable and easy to make fighters?

Also, if I joined a round and utterly sucked would that be bad in anyway?

[Girlinhat]

Disposable fighters are actually difficult to make.  They tend to get big sooner than you think.  And fighters can't use generators, only batteries - size is an issue.

[Rainbows]

I keep messing around in the editor but all my ships end up being too big, slow and expensive.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Because I haven't actually got into a game yet could someone tell me how fast and cheap ships need to be in order to be practical?
Also has anyone pulled off a ship without reactors that is charged by another vessel?

[Girlinhat]

You're hitting the crux of the problem.  Designing is about going small creatively.  Something like 1-2 acceleration and 1 turn rate are decent, but having lateral movement can also be super helpful.

I think one of the most powerful designs would be a platform, engines on all sides and a large gun on one side.  Able to strafe and turn better than a 'fixed wing' design...

[Rainbows]

Drone time

Idea is the front little spire can be grabbed by a docking clamp. That charges up the capacitors and them the drone flies away. Haven't made a carrier yet.

[USEC_OFFICER]

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I just want to point something out: That drone has a CCW/CW of 0. Ergo it won't be able to turn at all. You might want to fix that.

[Girlinhat]

It's also facing backwards.  Rebuild it rotated, up is forward.  It'll still fly just fine, it'll just display itself as aiming in the opposite direction.

[Rainbows]

Before I rotate it how do I get better CW? I thought the thrusters nearer the nose would be able to do it.

[Girlinhat]

Thrusters further from the center of mass, and gyros closer to the center of mass, will provide rotation.  Engines have to be zero-sum pairs - that is to say, when the left forward and right backwards engines are both active, they generate no motion but do generate rotation.  So it's not just engines, it's paired engines that are balanced.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Before I rotate it how do I get better CW? I thought the thrusters nearer the nose would be able to do it.

It's... kinda complicated.

Spoiler: Best I Can Explain (click to show/hide)

The thrust you're producing is on the left. As you can see, the thrust is more or less in line with your center of mass (that hexagonal wireframe over your fighter cockpit). That's really good for moving, since all the thrust is directed against the center of mass and none is wasted. To turn you want to be more like the right diagram. To get the best results from turning you want the thrust to be directed perpendicular to the center of mass, and to pair them against each other. That way they counteract each other, resulting in rotation but no movement. Directing the thrust as far away from the center of mass helps too. Just experiment with thruster placement/facing and eventually you'll understand it.