Will there be any in-atmosphere capital ship battles in the future? Have you considered it?
Luke PressleyLead Designer, Star Citizen Live team
Yes, I'd have thought so, right? I mean, why not? It'd look amazing. Seeing the smoldering wrecks tumbling to the ground, it's always better than just floating there. I imagine so, but Rich, are they happy to fly in atmosphere?
Richard TowlerLead Designer, Vehicle Experience Team
So they're happy to fly in atmosphere. They may have some difficulty on the larger planets with a much more dense atmosphere, but they'll have to switch to VTOL mode to do that, and the ship does have VTOL mode, so it can do that, but it obviously won't be able to move as much, so it'll be much more vulnerable to the ships that can outmaneuver it in an atmosphere. So it definitely changes the dynamic if it happened.
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