I’ve been trying to make a build that essentially has unlimited afterburners, however when I succeeded in that I was immensely disappointed. The stats say that I have 64 energy regen and 62 afterburners energy draw. However, ingame, I still lose energy when using afterburners. At first I figured this would be because energy doesn’t regenerate while using energy; I’m confused because I was still only losing energy at about 10/second. Do I just need a more drastic difference between draw and regen? Does anyone have any insight on this matter?
In fact, the energy regeneration isn’t exactly what displayed on the ship’s stats.
The number shown as Energy Regeneration/Second is in fact the MAX Energy Regen/Second.
The less energy you have, the more efficient your energy regen is. So, your build IS infinite afterburner, but your energy bar won’t stay full.
Energy regeneration peak occurs at 33% of the capacitor toal capacity. That means that your build will be stable around 40% of your capacity more or less.
The higher the difference between your regen and consumption, the bigger will be your energy remnant.
ah I see! I guess I didnt do enough testing. It appears that yes, it is infinite. If I use afterburners from full energy, it quickly drops to about 45% then stays there permanently. If I use modules while using afterburners to make it drop under half, the energy will stay where it goes to until I stop thrusting. This would be significantly better if cruise control let you use afterburners 
Why below 10% is there actually less regen than at 30%? That seems contradictory considering you have less energ and should be regening faster
It’s to force players make choice if their energy regen is close to their afterbuner cost. It will allow the ship to use 1 active module instantly, but will force him to stop afterbuners sooner or later.
Why below 10% is there actually less regen than at 30%? That seems contradictory considering you have less energ and should be regening faster
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My energy never goes down if I’m flying command regardless if I’m afterburning or not except when I have my diffusion shield active.
My energy never goes down if I’m flying command regardless if I’m afterburning or not except when I have my diffusion shield active.
I would hope a Command would be energy stable, be a badly built one otherwise.