I saw a player the other day move along the Z axis in a deep space combat mission. I didnt know that this was even possible in the game!
Does anyone on the forums know how to move your ship along the Z axis? I did not see the controls for this kind of movement in the game control key-bind options.
For those who dont know what the Z axis is think of the movie Wrath of Khan, when the reliant was hunting the Enterprise in the Nebula and Kirk descended along the Z axis because he saw that Khan was fighting a two dimensional battle. Then Kirk let the reliant pass on by as he then re-ascended along the Z axis to fire a couple torpedoes into the reliant.
its not possible to move up and down on the Z axis..
its possible he was pushed by another ship. jem'hadar battleships have tractor repulsors that push you in a certain direction. Ot maybe some other ability that forced him to move in a similar way
I wasn't aware it was possible to move along the Z-Axis by any method other than pitching up or down and moving forwards or backwards. And even then your pitch angle is limited. I've certainly never seen it done any other way.
Were they hit by a tractor beam repulsor, or something like that?
you don't. you can't in this game. what you 'saw' was either mistaken or the game acting buggy on your end and making it look like something was happening that wasn't
The aforementioned Repulsors can shove you vertically. Photonic Shockwave could probably do it, too. Alternatively, he could have had the Rhode Island's Photonic Displacer Console equipped and what you saw was a holographic replica appearing above him and moving away while his actual ship cloaked.
As many have said here, it is not possible to fly your ship along the z axis, but there are abilities capable of pushing another ship rapidly in this direction, including Tractor Beam Repulsors and Photonic Shockwave. In all likelihood, this was not any sort of glitch, this was the result of the ship being affected by another ship's abilities.
As many have said here, it is not possible to fly your ship along the z axis, but there are abilities capable of pushing another ship rapidly in this direction, including Tractor Beam Repulsors and Photonic Shockwave. In all likelihood, this was not any sort of glitch, this was the result of the ship being affected by another ship's abilities.
Well, that is very, very, very unlikely as we were very much alone. No other ships around at all! So, i'm thinking either lag or a glitch.
I still think it would be rather neat to move along the Z axis. :rolleyes:
But i did get pushed back by a trico explosion i think or similar and it rolled my ship passed 45* Bank angle to about 100* almost onto my back..
then it Snapped back to normal.
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its possible he was pushed by another ship. jem'hadar battleships have tractor repulsors that push you in a certain direction. Ot maybe some other ability that forced him to move in a similar way
it could have also been a random glitch.
Were they hit by a tractor beam repulsor, or something like that?
It would be really neat to have the ability to move along the Z axis however! Too bad!
Well, that is very, very, very unlikely as we were very much alone. No other ships around at all! So, i'm thinking either lag or a glitch.
I still think it would be rather neat to move along the Z axis. :rolleyes:
But i did get pushed back by a trico explosion i think or similar and it rolled my ship passed 45* Bank angle to about 100* almost onto my back..
then it Snapped back to normal.