Khobai, on 07 February 2016 - 02:27 PM, said:
first, arm lock should NOT center the arm reticle on the torso reticle faster than you can do it manually. arm lock needs to be slowed down a little. players are abusing arm lock to be able to move their arms faster than they should be able to go, that abuse needs to be prevented by slowing down the speed armlock takes to return to the center (make armlock take at least a half second longer to return to center instead of being near instant).
Actually you have this backward. Right now having armlock ON currently slows down your torso rotation. Having arms free, or rather armlock OFF allows you to torso twist faster. This is why I play with armlock off and I almost never even touch my armlock toggle.
From my reddit post:
> Yes. Enabling armlock makes your torso twist slower. Do not listen to the other replies in this thread,
> they are wrong because they haven't actually tested this. I have tested this.
> How to test this: hop in an Urbie. Do a predetermined number of full rotations (like... 10) with
> armlock enabled. You'll need some way to do a continuous torso twist (such as a joystick input -
> I use a TrackPoint clitmouse) and have the sensitivity as high as it will go so that there is no possibility
> of human error. Note the amount of time that it takes to complete the full number of rotations. Then
> repeat the process with armlock disabled - it will be a much shorter amount of time - by about 30% if
> my memory serves.
> People are easily misled by the camera panning by thinking it is a placebo effect. And while there is
> placebo effect, there is additionally a demonstrable difference in rotation speed. You'll notice the
> difference on your compass and minimap if you have a keen eye, as these are not affected by the
> camera panning. Another thing to notice is that every mech's engine makes a whine when you torso
> twist - the whine is higher-pitched with armlock disabled... because you are actually turning faster.
I just dug up the numbers from when I ran the test, arms-free was calculated to be 21% faster. In an Urbie with 120 engine, it took me 48 seconds to do 10 full rotations with armlock, and 38 seconds with arms free.
Edited by Tarogato, 07 February 2016 - 03:51 PM.