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[Tennex]

Argent Usher, on 29 April 2013 - 07:42 AM, said:

BTW "Guardian ECM, like all features in the game, is very close to where we want it to be." Paul Inouye

GL.

he did eat those words in his recent balance update though about MG balance

Disapirro, on 29 April 2013 - 08:40 AM, said:

Try it with a spider if you have one. It may be that it is more noticable because of the speed and distance you are moving. It also feels that your foward momemtum does not slow down when you do this. It is like your are vectoring the thrust up/down by using w, s, or x after liftoff.

the spider has a jump jet modifier because of the wings.

I think they give the spider upwards lift when the mech moves forward when jumping.

[Corwin Vickers]

In the board game JJs allow you to instantly change direction and clear most obstacles depending on how many JJs you have.

That implies vectored thrust and a lot of height to me.

Think it was pretty much the same way in the books.


Of course that doesn't help the "stop poptarts" crowd.

[Corvus Antaka]

yeah we need better jumpjets. it sucks that jumpjets slow you down and i hate how lethargic and little lift they have.

[p4g3m4s7r]

MaddMaxx, on 29 April 2013 - 06:50 AM, said:

You accounted for Caustics 1.2 G gravity field in your calc's right? If your going to do motion/ballistics physics, and have known values, always best to include as many as possible right?

My heights are based on Frozen City. However, checking against the oil derricks, the difference in gravity doesn't affect jump height.

Tennex said:

Expected drag force = 24700N
In game drag force = 9900N

Looked at your numbers again. You're forgetting that your drag force will have dropped to zero by the time your highlander stopped moving. A better estimate would be an in-game drag force of 19800 N (double the effective force since you're averaging zero force with the full drag force).

So basically very little to no forward thrust for a highlander.

Edited by p4g3m4s7r, 29 April 2013 - 09:10 PM.