Re: [Openme-developers] (Auto) return fire

[Angelo S. <ang...@oo...>]

Hi,

> 
> As for aos's argument that traders are dead wether they have fast
> auto-refire or not. That maybe true, but does it has to be true for slow
> connections in warships?. Should the only viable option for slow connections
> be to planet bust and run away?
> 

To compensate fire and run tactics even moving would need a delay.
Move or fire, wait 15 seconds.

For slow connections the waiting is invisible covered in the load time
...
for fast connections it is anoying.

Where is the compromize? Of course you could allow autoreturn fire
without the penalty of having to wait a realod time in that case. But
that would mean ships which just wait IS fire as much as they get
attacked. So 3 fighters can not attack one big war ship as the big war
ship will fire on all three.

With either "no return fire" or reload time on return fire as well the
big ship can either autofire on the first attacking it, or manualy
descide on which to fire.

With no reload time at all and auto return fire without reload time the
big ship will kill several of the smaler ones ... regardless of speed I
think.

The problem is not so much fast versus slow connections ... the
advantage is allways to the one entering sector last. Its very unlikely
that the guy in sector has a reason to relaod sector and will see the
entering one. Except: he is waiting there in a minefield anyway and
reloading all the time anyway.

Another anoying point is that you get a full screen combat message if
you enter a mined sector, instead of current sector(plus an additional
damage report or something). You can not even move without reloading as
you have no move controls. I died once to MB because of that. Missjumped
into a minefield and he could move into the sector faster and attack and
even kill me faster than I could refresh the screen.

aos

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