STO: Question Analysis 4

On the 16th of this month Craig Zinkievich took the time time out to answer some questions about in-game movement. Today I'm going to take a closer look at one of the questions and his answer.

Question: Can you use warp while in combat?

Another question where the answer didn't really surprise me but for some reason it did for other people who were watching. The basic answer was no which doesn't bother me all that much. In an MMO setting having the ability to just warp away when it gets a bit dangerous would remove the risk involved in doing anything.

I do believe there should be an appropriate way to escape from battle which brings us to the idea that if you manage to put enough distance between yourself and an enemy that you be given the option to warp away or maybe if you get to the edge of the sector.

Someone also mentioned the idea of being in combat while at warp which Craig also covered a little and I agree with his answer, again it was no. Warp flight is mainly in straight line with no turns. Combat on a straight line would make for very boring fights.

So there we have it.

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