An option to not automatically zoom out when you click Hyper-jump would be nice. As is, tactically jumping zooms you out too far to be able to see what you're jumping to. If it didn't zoom out, a player could hotkey their ship, press jump and select the correct beacon without losing sight of the action.
#Hyperdrive Beacon
wheat holly
random geyser
maybe a key press?
wheat holly
From a smoothness perspective, since ships don't have to turn to face the beacon, it would also be nice if players could continue to control their ship (in and out of DC mode) while their hyperdrive was charging. If having the ability to cancel is the hang up there, a "cancel" button could be helpful.
These changes would really help players when using hyperdrives to warp into tactical scenarios. They wouldn't have to time their first control input right when they arrive because they could remain in direct control mode or even give orders to their ship before it arrives.
wheat holly
maybe a key press?
I was thinking a menu box to uncheck that disables the zoom-out when you press "hyper-jump" entirely, since it isn't hard to zoom out anyway and all hyper-jump does is lock you at maximum zoom-out
I suppose this would also give players the potential to use the hyperdrive to escape bad situations also, since they wouldn't be helpless while charging up, which actually sounds pretty neat and not unbalanced.
(provided they had the foresight to hide a beacon-equipped reserve ship somewhere to escape to)
eternal solar
I suppose this would also give players the potential to use the hyperdrive to es...
I don't know about not unbalanced
Rail flanking with hyperdrives seems really op
I haven't tested yet though
short sorrel
it's kinda slow, you'll have plenty of time to react imo
similar to dogging nukes, you just need to anticipate it a little sooner
wheat holly
With the current issues, I don't think it's much of a concern. In the future, it could actually be a cool tactic. It has a really long telegraph
wheat holly
Sure you can cancel, but then your beacons are getting torn up while you have to charge up again
eternal solar
Hm
If you're a kite and you have a wall chasing you, they can not tear up your beacon
I should really try this before i comment though
wheat holly
Yeah, give it a try. It's really a non issue currently.
But lets say it does become an issue. Cool, we have a new gimmick to play with in MP. We'll figure it out, give feedback, Walt can balance it, and we'll have a richer game
eternal solar
🙂
random geyser
I was thinking a menu box to uncheck that disables the zoom-out when you press "...
it seems plausible to me though that sometimes you'd want to zoom out and sometimes not
wheat holly
it seems plausible to me though that sometimes you'd want to zoom out and someti...
If what you meant earlier was an alternative button we could use that activated the hyperdrive without zooming out, that would definitely work also.
random geyser
i was thinking if you held shift or something it would prevent the zoom
it could also be a setting where holding shift inverts it
wheat holly
Speaking for myself, I unbind Shift+ any button I use that doesn't use shift. Otherwise, I wind up activating binds I didn't even know about in the middle of combat. IIRC, shift+D is a default bind, which means you'll end up eventually pushing it if you try to shift-press something else when you're flying in direct control with WASD.
As long as there is an option to use the hyperdrive without affecting the camera that doesn't require holding shift, I think that would work well for the sweaties.
neat mortar
From a smoothness perspective, since ships don't have to turn to face the beacon...
yooo hey dude, it's terro
wheat holly
yooo hey dude, it's terro
Sorry, have we met?
neat mortar
it's been a while, lol. check ur steam friends.
wheat holly
it's been a while, lol. check ur steam friends.
Well, you're there 😅
I don't remember playing anything with other folks on steam in ages though, forgive me if my memory fails me
wheat holly
I'm a regular MP pvper around here, so if you get into it, we'll definitely run into each other
eternal solar
what is a wave super reaction???
wheat holly
A thing I can accidentally do one more time, apparently.
wheat holly
Just funny to see you
It was Nimbatus, right?