What if gravity wells WERE gravity wells?

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I did a little snooping and it appears the different stars have room for extra abilities. Could it be possible to make a gravity effect be one of these abilities?

Right now, it seems clear that control of stars will be control of systems, and fighting off major pushes from enemy fleets will take place in solar gravity wells. Sadly this is becoming a matter of how much firepower can be poured upon ships before they can complete their secant of the circle, jumping out of harms way and towards the actual target system. The linear quality of this system just bothers me to some degree..

That said, what I Do NOT want is to see defensive fleets just falling into stars and blowing up. It would be interesting however, to see fleets that had to create orbital patterns to maintain distance from stars. It would also be interesting to see slingshot effects that could make defensive operations, or offensives for that matter, be more than kodiak intercepts.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Yeah, gravity wells that actually influence ship movement would be excellent.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
It's all supposedly there. Just the devs decided that gravity was a feature that would be either too hard to implement or too costly to fully develop. But I read somewhere on the forums that the coding for gravity is there.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
It's there:  ships move faster when flying towards a source of gravity and slower when flying away from it.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
It's there: ships move faster when flying towards a source of gravity and slower when flying away from it.


But... speed outgoing is the same as speed ingoing! (OK, so you don't have realistic acceleration based physics... this is still a step forward. I think.)
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

It's there:  ships move faster when flying towards a source of gravity and slower when flying away from it.


What he said!

Haven't you noticed when an enemy sends units to bomb your planet, they move faster, and sometimes fly by the gauss cannon defenses before they get their 2nd shot off?
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
Also, for the effects of gravity wells and how it can be used, Iv read (and correct me if im wrong) that in the final version of the game the Vasarii will be able to mantipulate the gravity and jump in and out closer.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
yea but if gravity were to come into gameplay then why not add something to influence the gravity? For instance make a gauss upgrade able to attract ships toward it in a fight and have a sling shot abilty for ships leaving or something like that...
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
What makes you think there isn't in our internal builds?
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
You are cruel like a woman! *


*No offense to you or "women".
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top

What makes you think there isn't in our internal builds?


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Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
can this, new and mighty weapon, be implemented into a modified autocannon like the former spoon?
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top

can this, new and mighty weapon, be implemented into a modified autocannon like the former spoon?


it can, and now comes with flare! I shall paint little flames on the handle!
Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top
little flaming skulls....... holding Sporks all over the cannon   
Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top
ok with the gravity effect. we need two things route planning so the caps don't run into astroids when the cross the grav well and a sling shot effect
Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top
were we talking about that.......huh

well the route planning could just be cap ships using the Z-axis going over or underneath and obsticals.
Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top
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Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top
Oh Kosc may have his eating impliments, but I have the Death Star



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Reply #19 from Sins Forums Top
Oh Kosc may have his eating impliments, but I have the Death Star


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Reply #20 from Sins Forums Top
Oh Kosc may have his eating impliments, but I have the Death Star


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i have a very big nuke and the meanes to blow up suns (insert evil laugh here)
while your in-system (instert another evil laugh here)

secretly and quietly were you 2 are trying to kill each other   
Reply #21 from Sins Forums Top
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i am calling in the big gun i am calling in Homer Simpson
Reply #22 from Sins Forums Top

i am calling in the big gun i am calling in Homer Simpson


OK, time for a strategic retreat.
Reply #23 from Sins Forums Top
no retreat here, just replace the nuke with a sprinkled doughnot   
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Reply #24 from Sins Forums Top
Or put the nuke in a doughnut!
Reply #25 from Sins Forums Top
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