Retro-booster

Dorjan · Post by **Dorjan** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:49 am

Don't remove it, make it useful!

Increase the reverse thrust so It actually is better than just hitting your backward thrust and it would become used ffs!

I love the IDEA behind the retro-booster and wanted to use it for so many things but it's crap because it seems your normal reverse thrust is better! (sarcy joke, it's not better, but the reverse thruster isn't much better, for people who didn't get that!)

What I would like to see is the thrust increased DOUBLED but the fuel usage also doubled. That'll make it useful.

Death3D · Post by **Death3D** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:02 am

If I understand correctly, it's a deaccelerator, not a backthruster boost (helps you reach 0 mps faster, not travel backwards at 160 mps instead of 100 mps).

juckto · Post by **juckto** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:22 am

QUOTE it's crap because your normal reverse thrust is better![/quote]
Before anyone rants about the use of retro-boosters or lack thereof, please try using them while holding reverse thrust at the same time.

Sheesh, of course tech is useless if you don't know how to use it....

redavian · Post by **redavian** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:47 pm

adept WILL post here

more to the point, retro boost is not only probably the most useless tech in the game, but for some reason reequires sy flag on. i can understand figbees and xrm needing sy flag on, so you cant have any uber game ending tech, but retro boost????!?!?!!!!!

WhiskeyGhost · Post by **WhiskeyGhost** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:02 pm

juckto wrote:QUOTE (juckto @ Sep 24 2008, 06:22 AM) Before anyone rants about the use of retro-boosters or lack thereof, please try using them while holding reverse thrust at the same time.
Sheesh, of course tech is useless if you don't know how to use it....

I tried it the other day in fact, and the ship following me slowed down just as fast as i did by turning off his thrusters. Yes, he was in an int, but thats the only ship that can really catch a full speed scout anyways...... and yes, i was holding reverse thrust while i hit it.

Making it more along the lines of being a tactical booster that boosts you to a speed of 1mps (or 0) might probably make it function better (i'm thinking a reworked form of hyper boost/tactical scout boosters)

spideycw · Post by **spideycw** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:26 pm

Make it so you fire it and it stops you dead but uses a whole tank of fuel for it

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:18 pm

RedAvian wrote:QUOTE (RedAvian @ Sep 24 2008, 06:47 PM) adept WILL post here

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*damn* /laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

I do indeed feel like the only guy to use this thing. I always pick it up and use it, unless going belts. It's the little cherry on a scout pilot's pudding.

I have a feeling it's going to get removed or changed a lot... /unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":unsure:" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" /> Can't really even protest too much, since I'm the only fan. /mellow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":mellow:" border="0" alt="mellow.gif" />

PS. And yes, use it like Juckto says.

CronoDroid · Post by **CronoDroid** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:43 pm

Yes but generally you'd never have to use it (like you said, it's a bonus), otherwise it clogs up the menu and is one extra thing to misclick, just in case TakingArms wants to command again.

Dorjan · Post by **Dorjan** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:25 am

I've used it as stated, what I mean was, there is almost no difference.

It's not effective, and adept, I LOVE the idea, it's just not working atm. You can't say you think it actually helps at all?

p.s In CDT we were taught that if you use a booster of any kind, it switches off your thrusters. So how you can reverse thrust and reverse boost I don't know...

Grzegt · Post by **Grzegt** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:14 am

Dorjan wrote:QUOTE (Dorjan @ Sep 25 2008, 10:25 AM) p.s In CDT we were taught that if you use a booster of any kind, it switches off your thrusters. So how you can reverse thrust and reverse boost I don't know...

IIRC, in CDT we were taught that pressing booster button automatically set your forward thruster to 100% and side thrusters to 0%. Unless you press additional sidethruster keys, which override the above 100/0 effect. So remember to press backthruster together with booster if using Retro.