Inertia is a property of matter thhat makes an object want to stay in its current state. an object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. Inertial dampners would, logically, dampen or reduce the inertia of an object. This means that the object (or soldier in this case) would contain litte to no inertia.

What I'm saying basically, is that a soldier with inertial dampeners would be affected by any outside forces, including the force of the ground smacking into him.

Also, Its a video game so who cares if it's realistic or not.

I believe the dampeners actually are unrealiscically overpowered. I say this because part of my enjoyment of using the dampeners comes from the thrill or rush of using the dampeners at the very last second. However having actually Parachuted/Skydived before

You lost me there. It's a game.

Then again, this is the future. Technology has evolved from being strips of specialized cloth to full out air pressured inertia dampeners. Yes, it is unreal, but I think this comes pretty low on a "list of things to fix before release".

Um, how is this overpowered? This seems like effectively a cosmetic issue to me. The dampeners don't affect anything except your ability to land safely from a fall, so whether you apply it early or late it has exactly the same affect on gameplay (other than possibly delaying your landing by a couple seconds).

So, while it might be a nice little tweak, I don't see it as a priority.

....................not sure if srs about OP

Lack of real-world realism does not mean it's overpowered. Unless you can state a gameplay reason why there's a problem, there isn't a problem.

In other news, I can't believe I fell into the affect/effect trap. I don't think I've ever confused those words before.

I do like the request from the immersion perspective and would love to see it implemented in the future, it's just way, way back in the queue as I see it.

I believe the dampeners actually are unrealiscically overpowered. I say this because part of my enjoyment of using the dampeners comes from the thrill or rush of using the dampeners at the very last second. However having actually Parachuted/Skydived before I know that there is certain point in a fall due to the speed of the fall that if friction is applied to late a person will receive injury or death regardless if the friction is applied. Instatntly stopping at the last second from a ridiculous speed (without any gradual decent in speed) should result in a players death even if its due to the dampeners. Its not the fall the kills a person but the sudden stop of a person's body against other objects or even one's internal organs against their body. As proven with NASA's recent land rover landing on Mars, a safe landing from fast speeds in a limited amount of distance & time requires specific applications of opposite power/force/thrust at desginated times.

A solution to the current overpowered dampeners would be requiring the dampeners to be deployed by a set distance. This would also give a greaters sense of urgency & importance in quickly & properly applying the dampeners. A helpful indication for deploying dampeners could also implementing by a color code in which the dampener deployment words would change from GREEN to YELLOW to ORANGE to RED. Green & Yellow would mean that if deployed at that time you would result with 0 damage. Orange would mean that you'd result with significant shield or health damage. Red would mean that you unavoidably are going to die, have failed at life again & should start thinking about the next dropsuit loadout to select. Actually there should be no Red indicator. The activate dampener words should be replaced by the spawn location selection sreen, lol.

As for the actual fallen characters I would find it completely hilarious to witness a character die from "getting hit hard... by the ground", lol. I would actually take the time to stop and laugh at that even though that would more-than-likely actually get me killed by someone else. I wouldn't mind at all having someone else's improper or failed dampener deployment causing me to die laughing. It would totally be worth it & I'd actually pay good ISK to see that, lol. Never got old in Battlefield 1943, oh how I loved seeing that. I <3 N00BS.

In conclusion this change would make free-fall dampener application more realistic, more challenging, & most importantly more entertaining

I believe the dampeners actually are unrealiscically overpowered. I say this because part of my enjoyment of using the dampeners comes from the thrill or rush of using the dampeners at the very last second. However having actually Parachuted/Skydived before I know that there is certain point in a fall due to the speed of the fall that if friction is applied to late a person will receive injury or death regardless if the friction is applied. Instatntly stopping at the last second from a ridiculous speed (without any gradual decent in speed) should result in a players death even if its due to the dampeners. Its not the fall the kills a person but the sudden stop of a person's body against other objects or even one's internal organs against their body. As proven with NASA's recent land rover landing on Mars, a safe landing from fast speeds in a limited amount of distance & time requires specific applications of opposite power/force/thrust at desginated times.

A solution to the current overpowered dampeners would be requiring the dampeners to be deployed by a set distance. This would also give a greaters sense of urgency & importance in quickly & properly applying the dampeners. A helpful indication for deploying dampeners could also implementing by a color code in which the dampener deployment words would change from GREEN to YELLOW to ORANGE to RED. Green & Yellow would mean that if deployed at that time you would result with 0 damage. Orange would mean that you'd result with significant shield or health damage. Red would mean that you unavoidably are going to die, have failed at life again & should start thinking about the next dropsuit loadout to select. Actually there should be no Red indicator. The activate dampener words should be replaced by the spawn location selection sreen, lol.

As for the actual fallen characters I would find it completely hilarious to witness a character die from "getting hit hard... by the ground", lol. I would actually take the time to stop and laugh at that even though that would more-than-likely actually get me killed by someone else. I wouldn't mind at all having someone else's improper or failed dampener deployment causing me to die laughing. It would totally be worth it & I'd actually pay good ISK to see that, lol. Never got old in Battlefield 1943, oh how I loved seeing that. I <3 N00BS.

In conclusion this change would make free-fall dampener application more realistic, more challenging, & most importantly more entertaining

go watch the ccp vids its not unrealistic nub and if u think you know so much about how a game should be get off your ass n get a job in game design cause no one gives a **** about your 2cents

Actually, they kinda do... it is the beta feedback forum.

Anyway, don't really care for turning the dampener into a parachute, its more fun and technical now.

I believe the dampeners actually are unrealiscically overpowered. I say this because part of my enjoyment of using the dampeners comes from the thrill or rush of using the dampeners at the very last second. However having actually Parachuted/Skydived before I know that there is certain point in a fall due to the speed of the fall that if friction is applied to late a person will receive injury or death regardless if the friction is applied. Instatntly stopping at the last second from a ridiculous speed (without any gradual decent in speed) should result in a players death even if its due to the dampeners. Its not the fall the kills a person but the sudden stop of a person's body against other objects or even one's internal organs against their body. As proven with NASA's recent land rover landing on Mars, a safe landing from fast speeds in a limited amount of distance & time requires specific applications of opposite power/force/thrust at desginated times.

A solution to the current overpowered dampeners would be requiring the dampeners to be deployed by a set distance. This would also give a greaters sense of urgency & importance in quickly & properly applying the dampeners. A helpful indication for deploying dampeners could also implementing by a color code in which the dampener deployment words would change from GREEN to YELLOW to ORANGE to RED. Green & Yellow would mean that if deployed at that time you would result with 0 damage. Orange would mean that you'd result with significant shield or health damage. Red would mean that you unavoidably are going to die, have failed at life again & should start thinking about the next dropsuit loadout to select. Actually there should be no Red indicator. The activate dampener words should be replaced by the spawn location selection sreen, lol.

As for the actual fallen characters I would find it completely hilarious to witness a character die from "getting hit hard... by the ground", lol. I would actually take the time to stop and laugh at that even though that would more-than-likely actually get me killed by someone else. I wouldn't mind at all having someone else's improper or failed dampener deployment causing me to die laughing. It would totally be worth it & I'd actually pay good ISK to see that, lol. Never got old in Battlefield 1943, oh how I loved seeing that. I <3 N00BS.

In conclusion this change would make free-fall dampener application more realistic, more challenging, & most importantly more entertaining

I like your base idea, I do. But, your argument is invalid. You are basing your logic on present day science. What we do today would have been viewed as impossible 100 years ago. Any technogloy, sufficiently advanced, would be viewed as magic by someone primitive enough.

I believe the dampeners actually are unrealiscically overpowered. I say this because part of my enjoyment of using the dampeners comes from the thrill or rush of using the dampeners at the very last second. However having actually Parachuted/Skydived before I know that there is certain point in a fall due to the speed of the fall that if friction is applied to late a person will receive injury or death regardless if the friction is applied. Instatntly stopping at the last second from a ridiculous speed (without any gradual decent in speed) should result in a players death even if its due to the dampeners. Its not the fall the kills a person but the sudden stop of a person's body against other objects or even one's internal organs against their body. As proven with NASA's recent land rover landing on Mars, a safe landing from fast speeds in a limited amount of distance & time requires specific applications of opposite power/force/thrust at desginated times.

A solution to the current overpowered dampeners would be requiring the dampeners to be deployed by a set distance. This would also give a greaters sense of urgency & importance in quickly & properly applying the dampeners. A helpful indication for deploying dampeners could also implementing by a color code in which the dampener deployment words would change from GREEN to YELLOW to ORANGE to RED. Green & Yellow would mean that if deployed at that time you would result with 0 damage. Orange would mean that you'd result with significant shield or health damage. Red would mean that you unavoidably are going to die, have failed at life again & should start thinking about the next dropsuit loadout to select. Actually there should be no Red indicator. The activate dampener words should be replaced by the spawn location selection sreen, lol.

As for the actual fallen characters I would find it completely hilarious to witness a character die from "getting hit hard... by the ground", lol. I would actually take the time to stop and laugh at that even though that would more-than-likely actually get me killed by someone else. I wouldn't mind at all having someone else's improper or failed dampener deployment causing me to die laughing. It would totally be worth it & I'd actually pay good ISK to see that, lol. Never got old in Battlefield 1943, oh how I loved seeing that. I <3 N00BS.

In conclusion this change would make free-fall dampener application more realistic, more challenging, & most importantly more entertaining

On a side note, this trick about being submerged in a cocoon of water won't really work on humans.