Advanced
Combat
Learn the
benefits of Thrusters, Engine Kill and Reverse thrust turning, or
skip to the summary points!
Hit
the Afterburner!
Thrusters
boost your ship speed up to 199m/s, not
as fast as Cruise Speed (299m/s) but fast enough to outrun
mines and missiles. Thrusters, or Afterburners,
are lifesavers in combat, allowing you to move quickly and either
attack or evade the enemy.
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LovableRogue:
"Never underestimate engine kill and drifting. Practice
advanced combat moves as much as you can against invisible opponents
if you have to, although live ones are infinitely better for your
overall improvement as a fighter." |
Killing your Engines and Drifting
Engine
Kill (Z key) cuts off your engine, allowing you to drift and
maneuver using the strafe and thruster keys. If you push accelerate
or decelerate (forward or brake), you will start the engines up again,
so be careful.
Strafing while the engines are killed reduces
your speed, so use thruster in combination with strafing if
you don't want to slow down.
If you are afterburning and want to kill your engines, be sure to
press engine kill just before you let go of
the thruster key, leaving you drifting at 199m/s.. nice.
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Rhodan:
"Jousting is when two opponents charge directly at each
other and attack, then turn around and repeat. This is the essence
of engine kill & drift fighting." |
Handbrake
Turns
Using reverse
thrust (X key) slows you into reverse, allowing you to turn
tighter. This is useful when you are turning to attack an enemy, as
if you face them before they face you,
you have longer to damage them.
Summary
Points
Afterburners
are good for evading mines and missiles,
as well as moving faster and making you harder
to hit.
Engine kill allows you to turn while
drifting in the direction and speed you were going when you killed
the engines. This lets you use your ship like
a turret to attack a different direction.
Reverse thrust turns allow tighter turning circles,
letting you face your enemy quicker and
reducing the time they have to get away from you.