Aeneas137
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8 months ago I made significant changes to encounter in a recent update. The [F] key is mentioned in the message log at startup along with ship combat shortcut keys. All of the ship systems and physical constants have been updated to make the ship move faster and with better agility. this doesn't make the game too easy, it just brings the player's ship up to a playable state whereas before it was almost useless. I couldn't even fight a pirate ship with class 1 systems. that has been corrected (and pirates no longer have missiles).
repost from old repo:
Bring the action in closer. Right now, you get hosed with weapons fire and have to fly away and never see the alien ships. Reduce the range of all weapons and possibly reduce speed if that will help with gameplay. Make it so the player sees enemy ships more clearly. To that end, change the GUI during combat to reveal more of the screen.
Steve mentioned that the [F] key toggles fullscreen mode during combat. (minimizing the UI).