Originally posted by humble
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At this point the system penalizes the player with positional advantage and is being used more and more as an "offensive weapon" by some pilots on defense. .....
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Gotta call this BS. If your ACM target can "force" you to hit him, then you're "forcing" your attack into a zone so dangerous that it shouldn't be entered. In reality, if a player *knows* where the attacker will be in the future (which is what "forcing" a collision would require), then the attacker isnt doing his job. Period.
When defender tries to "force" the overshoot, then he's giving up E to try to gain position (as with neg G maneuvers, which are elevator intensive). If the attacker adds any kind of separation, by barrel roll, etc -- then the attacker's both widened his energy advantage and probably gained a positional one on the hard breaking bandit.
No one has ever forced me to collide...when I collide, its because if
what I did.The only way someone can "force" me to hit him is if I let him -- by boring in for the kill with suicidal determination. That kind of attack is so unrealistic that it invalidates your entire "unrealistic collision" argument.
And if anyone is that rediculously, stupidly aggressive, there's absolutely NO reason I should be penalized if he hits me.
