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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: badhorse on November 06, 2007, 07:03:07 AM

Title: Drone speed
Post by: badhorse on November 06, 2007, 07:03:07 AM

Why is it when you make a small rudder turn in a bomber to align with your target, it seems to take forever for your drones to assume their correct place in formation, but when you are in a fighter and the lead bomber turns, the drones suddenly start going Warp factor 2?

Title: Drone speed
Post by: Trip01 on November 06, 2007, 07:16:14 AM

I think the drone a/c form up astonishingly quickly when you make a turn. When you take off with full power they form up despite the fact you haven't throttled back, which should be impossible.

I can totally understand that for game reasons the drones need to be able to temporarily move outside their normal performance envelope. The one thing that annoys me is the way nme drones appear to my FE to warp back into position.

It's only a minor annoyance though, and you quickly learn to ignore the drones if the lead is turning, and go after the lead.

Trip

Title: Drone speed
Post by: Mr No Name on November 06, 2007, 05:55:30 PM

Another good tactic bomber pilots use is to switch the control to another plane in the formation which also causes a warp effect during the shift.