On Sat, 3 Jun 2006, Dave Ahn wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 04:02:07AM +0200, Niclas Fredriksson wrote:
>>
>> I'm not talking about clued players losing their edge or newbies becoming
>> clued, but it's a fact that the change from 5 to 10 UPS made the gap
>> between great and poor dogfighters a lot smaller.
>
> 10 UPS gives everyone more information to use regardless of whether the
> player is a great or poor dogfighter.  It is "easier" to dodge torps at
> 10 UPS because a player can see it coming more clearly than at 5 UPS.

Yes.

> The "gap" between a great and poor dogfighter stayed the same (a guy who
> can't react fast enough at 5 UPS also can't react at 10 UPS)

No. The good dogfighters needed less time to find a hole to dodge through 
a cloud of torps at 5 UPS. At 10 UPS the good dogfighters could still 
dodge as well but the poor dogfighters got huge help and started to dodge 
much better.

--Niclas