Today CIG laid out their strategy to bring back hardcore PVP players in a somewhat lengthy discussion that confirms that they really have heard the message. To do it right turns out to be a rather large project so we expect to see the fruits of CIG’s latest strategy sometime post 3.11, a 3.12 perhaps?
For the 3.10 patch first steps include new tech to model atmospheric flight with changes to the thrusters and drag modeling. Fixed weapons are seeing a buff in their “self gimbaling” capability to improve aim. Jerk has been nerfed from near infinite to something still fun, we hope.
The concept of “capacitance” is expected to provide the next layer of complexity needed by capping use of certain resources. For example, a ship could circle strafe for a time, but the ability of a ship to continue to excessively strafe would slowly be nerfed, presumably by limiting the amount of power to the thrusters, e.g. the capacitor discharging/recharging.
