Walt I realize why is flanking and trying to orbit someone almost impossible, especially when you face one of these triangles.
β’The Standard, Large, and (newly-added) Huge Thrusters now require some amount of time to achieve full thrust. The Standard Thruster takes 1 second to achieve full thrust, the Large Thruster takes 3 seconds, and the Huge Thruster takes 6 seconds.
But to reach zero thrust from 100% is instant.
So, ship which want to outmaneuver other ship, which just turn only to face enemy ,react to changing situation by using thrust with huge delays, while ships which face it just shot down thruster which are opposite to turning, while thrusters used for turn are still on 100% thrust. Means that turning to face enemy is instant, and trying to outmaneuver has huge delays due to trying reach 100% thrust if are not used small thrusters which lack speed.
What about balancing it by adding same time to decrease from 100% thrust to 0. ?