We preferred the old way as well, which is why the first one shipped with it. However, this patch it was easy enough to let you try the requested method unlike some of the other requests of things we've tried before that didn't work.  There was another suggestion in another thread that we might experiment with. It basically meant you only had to go as far as 90 degrees. More ideas are welcome

Indeed, it atleast means you have a front line and the defenses you build there have time to do their stuff.

No more fleets just jumping through to your planets ignoring everything on the way..

Still, Im curious to see what other flavors IC thought of.

Indeed the current way it is set up is much better than the old way IMO. Very similar to X3 reunion where you have to travel from 1 gate to another in the system before you can jump to the next.

Is it possible to do both ways at the same time (selectable option)? or mod back in the old way for those that want it?

Some people seem to like it the way it is, I dunno...

Can you or someone else explain this 90 degree method more?




Also in regards to this , I'd be ok with it, if there WERE gates, but the ships have phase jumping engines, they should be more free and unrestricted.

I also like it better for reasons that many others have already stated. One thing though: This may be the 90 degree thing that Blair mentioned but the ships shouldn't have to move to the phase lane to jump. They should be able to jump from any point on the half-sphere facing the destination gravity well.

Ooooh I got it now, hmmm 90 degree method sounds good, will IC let us have a crack at it next patch?

Same here i prefer the new method in this new patch .

I think the current approach is better than the first.
The 90 degree method might be even better.

I prefer the new phase lane jump position system by far. Earlier version jumping through gravity wells was simply cheesy considering how they were supposed to prevent phase jumping altogether. Not to mention, chasing single enemy ships back and forth during the early game (prior to warp inhibitors) wasn't much fun.

With the new method of having to travel to the phase lane in order to jump, enemy fleets can have some damage inflicted to them. Even if they get by you, be it by tactics or sheer numbers, then at least they will have deserved to get by my strong point...especially if I was simply too cheap to build a Phase Space Inhibitor (bty, inhibitor's should be balanced by either range or antimatter usage).

It seems that Lordkosc doesn't like how the game is slowed by the new phase lane system, but every single other poster here actually prefer it. The game would also be further slowed if the gravity wells were increased in size (as well as planet and star models please), but I think most of us here would still want those changes.

*hug*

45 is not reasonable given the physics involved in my opinion. If they will give us a choice, then 90 is the only way to go.

hardly, you can easily justify that a near-tangent pathway would sustain too much contact with too high of a gravitational field.
frankly, its more about the engineering.

I prefer onwer/allies jump through field, enemies travel through field. However, I think there should be some research requirement for the onwer/allies jump through. Perhaps make it a to step research; first step gets you onwer jump through, second gets you ally jump through. Also, I'd prefer a orbital facility to enable the jump throughs and a capital ship passive upgrade that would allow a grouped fleet the jump through if the orbital facility is not present.

Nice, eh?