Thank You Egosoft (7.0 Beta)

[capitalduty]

I'm a long-time fan of the franchise, always wanting a no-nonsense approach to large ships battles using all the weapons at their disposal. Yesterday I ordered an Asgard to target 4 L destroyers within a 40 km radius... I didn't expect to see a wonderful display yet.

Target after target, Asgard aimed and tracked in a logical time frame each ship unleashing a white ray of glory... each target dies beautifully with all the fireworks included. I'm happy that Egosoft finally made it happen, capital ship battles will never be the same in a good way.

[flywlyx]

They finally eliminated the minimum firing limit, which is great news. This change will improve the effectiveness of destroyers and battleships in combat against each other.

However, Xenon K/I could still pose a problem if they directly travel to the top/bottom of destroyers/battleships using travel drive, as the pitch angle limit remains in place.

It is still there.

[adeine]

My favourite change not mentioned anywhere as far as I can see is that they restored the map icons for player ships when zoomed out (in the centre of the screen, anyway).

[13913408324]

A capital ship cannot easily kill a fighter jet, they say it's for balance
An asgard eliminate 4 L destroyers without any damage，they say nothing......

[Stars_InTheirEyes]

This is what I'm most excited for. Cap ship combat right now is... horrific. Game-quittingly bad.
Maybe I should just play the beta, rather than wait for full release. Better to have a bugged but good AI than a clean and awful one.