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I think a good way to balance the ESF would be to remove the ability to hover.



Right now I find the ESF is too maneuverable and in smaller scale fights it is OP with not much counter to it. I think instead of making it weaker to damage, making it less agile in very slow speeds and keeping it as more an aerial speed combat vehicle would be more appropriate.



With the removal of the ability to hover and the need to keep a higher speed it would require it to make bomb runs instead of camping spots in hover mode. When below a certain speed it would start to point upwards and drop elevation rapidly. Air to air fights will be more exciting than the typical hover match at the moment.



This would make the Valkyrie the ideal hover aircraft and give it more purpose.



A possible fix to landing would be a button to commence slow lateral decent when at 50 or less meters from ground.

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