quote: Originally posted by Enigma:
yeah, i was wondering about that. how can the ship planetfall from like 500k with HJ but u can to fly to less than 100k and also make planet fall If you actually understood how it worked - and read the manual - you would have the answer to this question.
It has NOTHING to do with the distance to the planet. If the target is a planet, you are ASKED if you want to establish planetfall. This was done in order to make entering a planet a one-step process, rather than a two-step process.
Previously, you would have to jump to the planet, drop out of range of its gravitational pull - and then fly toward it manually until you breached it.
With this method, you can still jump to the planet and if you don't want to establish planetfall, you just say NO. doh!
I don't even know why I have to explain something so simple, obvious and idiot-proof. Damn n00bs.