csebal
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Posted - 2005.05.31 07:53:00 -
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Since there are, of course, tons of other variables to this, lets not forget what the core is. Safe travel, or more correctly safer by choice while having drawbacks. Today there are no drawbacks to having instabookmarks, the drawback is not having any instabookmarks.
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Well, normally i love every dev blog, as it means communication towards the community. This one is appreciated as well, BUT:
FFS, Oveur!! I've expected more from you. Telling people, that insta BMs main role is 'protection'... oh my.. its either me not playing this game like the majority, or its you oveur, who has a different view of things than those i know.
Insta BMs are invaluable to us, because they make the normally 1-1.5hr long trip to empire doable in about 30-40 mins. I couldn't care less about the protection they give, as:
a) If you run into something, that'll most likely be on the other side of the gate
b) They use bubbles anyway
c) You have intel on enemy movements, and do not run their blockades, unless in ships that can easily warp in / warp out.
Sure, insta BMs minimize the chance of contact on the exit side of the gates - the side where you are before jumping to the next system, but thats just a side effect of them.
Bottomline: if you find a way, to remove the 'safety' effect of instas, without increasing overall travel times significantly, then do it. Just stop pretending, that all instas are about is safety.
Btw: in my opinion, the solution is painfully easy. You should be able to warp spot on (0km), to anything, BUT if there are people in the grid you are warping into, then each person in that grid should add an additional 1km random deviation form that spot.
So if there are 10 people hugging the gate, then - when warping in - you should end up ~10km away from the gate. If there is noone, then you should end up right on top of the gate.
Say: the gravimetric distortion caused by the war engines in the gate's vicinity cause your own warp calculations to be somewhat distorted - hence the distance when jumping in.
You limit the maximum warp in deviation @ 50km, and you are done. No more need for insta jump bookmarks, they wouldnt work anymore either, if the target site has player ships camping.. so people could finally get rid of them. And you can easily change that 100s of bookmarks to 1000s of bookmarks. Space is big ya know, especiall for those out in 0.0.
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This post is nothing more than my personal opinion. It does not represent the official standpoint of Fountain Alliance, or the HUN Corporation in any way.
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