User blog comment:JakePT/The New Normandy/@comment-1900300-20110427013029/@comment-737801-20110427013338

Second, I never really like that mechanic, and apparently others did have a problem with it as I've found on numerous locations, and I think a few blogs here. I think a canon argument about how FTL in the ME universe also came up somewhere as well.

To the point, I would also agree that it servered no purpose and was really more of a hindrance than a good gameplay mechanic.