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Dear CC dev team,

May i interest you in the idea of making retroboost really awesome?

Since no one is using it anyways (except a few dedicated voobs like me) would you please consider making it powerful enough to insta-stop and accelerate a scout in reverse direction, so that scouts would have a better chance of fighting ints/figs etc?

I move to motion to have hvy boost alike accel and thrust, even for shorter periods of time? Think about it... it could add a dimension to our gameplay, without compromising the balance, comms with scout hoae teams would actually be buying it... it might be fun, besides it'll give the ints an added incentive to stay smart/sharp....

just airing the idea, let's have some pros and cons, shall we?

Voobah, did you miss it when it was perked so it already goes not to eleven but twelve and a half? Retroboost is very, very effective now.

But even I forget to pick it up these days

Before continue posting, read the old threads:
Retro Booster (March 2010)
Retro Booster (Feb 2009)

Last retro booster change was in CC_05:
http://www.freeallegiance.org/FAW/index.ph...nity_Core#CC_05

voobscout wrote:QUOTE (voobscout @ Nov 26 2010, 03:08 PM) so that scouts would have a better chance of fighting ints/figs etc?

lol

pkk wrote:QUOTE (pkk @ Nov 26 2010, 09:40 PM) Before continue posting, read the old threads:
Retro Booster (March 2010)
Retro Booster (Feb 2009)

Last retro booster change was in CC_05:
http://www.freeallegiance.org/FAW/index.ph...nity_Core#CC_05

i actually read the threads (thanks for the links) and checked out the diff log, i still would like to see retroboost become much more powerful, to the point of providing hvy boost alike stats for reverse direction on scouts.

My main argument is this: Perk it to the point when it'll actually need to be nerfed, this will accomplish a very important task imho, we'll see if it's worth buying.

There's no reason to start 'scouts are not dogfighters' debate, since even a rix hvy scout will get podded by a hvy int, given both pilots are of the same skill level.

the awesomeness of retroboost lies in fighting not DMing things that outgun a scout.

voobscout wrote:QUOTE (voobscout @ Nov 28 2010, 02:37 PM) the awesomeness of retroboost lies in fighting not DMing things that outgun a scout.

what?

voobscout wrote:QUOTE (voobscout @ Nov 26 2010, 03:08 PM) please consider making it powerful enough to insta-stop and accelerate a scout in reverse direction

You do realize that if you insta-stop and go into reverse while your inertia is moving in a forward direction at 150m/s, you would most likely die and your ship would most likely explode.

It's the same effect as hitting an asteroid at 150m/s.

If hitting an asteroid at full thrust kills a scout, then so should a booster that insta-stops a scout.

Same exact principles in action.

Use the scout for scouting, aleph proxing, door camping, nanning, and probing.

The scout should NOT be viable against figs or ints (even though they are, you just have to do it right.), it is a scout.

If I had anything I wanted to add to the scouts...more speed in the FORWARD direction, I want the $#@!ers to be fast as @#(!.

Inertial. Dampeners.

Never leave spacedock without them.

Sure, make one of those to put in the cloak slot as a requirement for the super reverse boost 3000 and I'm satisfied.

Otherwise it's horse @#(!.

If you retroboost into a rock, you go back in time.