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Missile's VS GUNS - Guest - 08-10-2009
I encourage the LR- not to use missiles if they can.
Not only it doesn't help in pirating, where every DPS is in count, people also tend to lag a lot, so missiles are utterly useless against those.
Missile's VS GUNS - Andrew_Bonesovich - 08-10-2009
Guns are usually more reliable, as said before, missiles can be CDed, CMed, dodged, etc. and you can even damage yourself if you are unlucky.
I keep one missile on most of my fighters, usually to speed up the process of killing bombers, which are easy to missilespam to death even out of jousts (yeah I said missile spam, I admit I spam missiles against bombers :P)
If you use a lot of missiles, you rely on ammunition. If you get into a long fight and run out of ammo, you are pretty useless. Try to mount full guns on one of your ship, you will probably die a lot at first, but over time your aim will improve.
And by the way, dont use codenames :D They arent so good anymore, and have 600m/s speed with low refire, which is harder to aim. Go for guns of your NPC faction, they are worth it now, really.
Missile's VS GUNS - Benjamin - 08-10-2009
For BAF, we get in a lot of group fights. Guns are more useful there. Also splitters are awesome. There are a few missiles in BAF though. I have one at the moment but I'm undecided.
Missile's VS GUNS - Tenacity - 08-10-2009
I like to use missiles on my fighters, if only because most of the guns I have access to have horrible projectile speed, and coupled with lag and the ridiculous manuverability of most fighters... well, I cant hit the enemy half the time.
I mean, it's like the keeper assassin we fought in minor the other night. We had probably 4 fighters against him (he had two nomad morphs helping out), and it still took forever to kill him. If a fighter - especially one as manuverable and small as the nomad ships - focuses on avoiding damage, you arent going to hit him with anything short of missiles, gunboat turrets, or extreme luck.
Missile's VS GUNS - elgeeko - 08-10-2009
Personal tactical choice for me.
Two reasons;
1: If I run out of ammo then I'm out a certain percentage of my destructive capacity. which spells death.
2: I'm a miser and don't want to pay for said ammo.
Oh and 2 & a half; Star Trek very rarely if ever has missiles, just torpedoes and energy weapons. So thats always influenced me a bit (being a Star Trek fanatic)
Missile's VS GUNS - Exile - 08-10-2009
' Wrote:I mean, it's like the keeper assassin we fought in minor the other night. We had probably 4 fighters against him (he had two nomad morphs helping out), and it still took forever to kill him. If a fighter - especially one as manuverable and small as the nomad ships - focuses on avoiding damage, you arent going to hit him with anything short of missiles, gunboat turrets, or extreme luck.Havn't read the thread, but,
Nomad assassin quick and manouverable? Not realy. Try flying it in OpenSP or something. It's a bloody brick. And those pointy things? Helps quite alot with the targeting.
If you can't hit an assassin, you should quite frankly be ashamed.
Missile's VS GUNS - X-Lancer - 08-12-2009
IMO:Missile is for the weak, killing enemy with fighter gun is the real skill
Missile's VS GUNS - Altaris - 08-12-2009
I disagree.
Spamming missiles is noobish, but killing enemy with 10 missile per 10 minutes of fighting and all of them covered by 100% hit... that is skill too.
Im Cannonbal whore and im proud of it.!
Killing with guns might be skill, but it takes really long time to kill someone, and when your under fire of 5... You dont have much time ehm right?
Missile's VS GUNS - Thexare - 08-12-2009
I can't use missiles worth a damn. So I don't bother.
My DXI Karasu has two pulse, a Train CD, and four Skyblast B, my Outcast Scimitar has two Kraken 1, a Kraken 2 Turret, and two Wyrm 2...
Actually, I can't aim anything worth a damn. Guns are just cheaper.
Missile's VS GUNS - tansytansey - 08-12-2009
It's all a matter of preference whether you use missiles or not. Missiles are a double edged sword, they can be used against you by a skilled opponent, and in long battles when you run out of ammunition you become useless. Missiles are good for killing people who are lagging, or light fighters and bombers quickly.
Many people consider the use of missiles 'un-skilled' or less skilled than using guns. Others consider it unfair to use missiles, especially more than one. But it is just a matter of preference.