Thruster Adjustment Systems

Nahy shared this feedback 5 hours ago
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In order to alleviate the age old "Thrusters are to weak" issue a bit and to allow for more design possibilities and more thoughtful engineering when it comes to building ships, I would like to suggest possible changes to our trusty thruster system.


A system with "more specialized" thrusters and configurations, not just simple upgrades, but also sidegrades.


Example A: Thruster variants or Thruster up/sidegrade modules to adjust a thrusters capabilities for a specific purpose. Imagine a Thruster with reduced acceleration but a higher lift capacity or higher breaking capabilities - ofc with adjusted component and fuel costs.


Example B: Thruster menu settings like they exist for wheel suspensions in SE1.


Example A would take more time to implement but gives us more "toys" to work with. Example B would be easier to implement while still retaining the practical merit of the idea.


This would also (sort of) replace/expand the super dampening option to an extend, as people can now configure the flight capabilities and feel of it in game, on a ship by ship basis, making the process more impactful and interesting. Not to mention all the possible options I have not listed here.


I am aware that this is not really how thrusters/thrust works in real life, but I would argue that fun and practicality would be more important in this case than realism.


Thank you for your time.

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