Missiles

[Jinx]

its funny - one day we get a "missiles are unfair" another time a thread that says "missiles are too bad".

personally - i currently use 6 missiles on my eagle:laugh:. - why? - i love them, and i simply hit more than with guns... furthermore, i prefer to rip the opponents equipment apart - make attacking me a real pain. ( most of the times, the victims would prefer to suicide afterwards )

fightermissiles are OK. - they use ammo, and the ammo is used up fairly quickly. - you can only use them in a heads on joust, cause missiles cannot track an enemy. furthermore, refilling my ammo costs around 3 million credits - which is a good balance, too. ( 1 cannonballs, 1 sidewinder, 2 firestalkers, 2 paralyzers, 1 nuclear mine, 1 train CD )

it is often said that you MUST NOT joust a bomberpilot that is good with the SNAC. - the same applies to missile fighters - if you joust a missile fighter - it is your fault. - are missiles "low skill weapons?" - i think they are not really... not everyone is instantly good with them. - can you fire them mindlessly away? - no, cause 70 ammo is used up too quickly - and after that.... you re left with ...... nothing.

when you attack a player, you should check for their weapons. - if they got debs and a SNAC, you must be flexible enough to fight them so they cannot fire the SNAC at you easily. - if they use missiles, you must also be flexible. - if they use lvl9 faction guns only - you must.... surprise ... also be flexible to fight such setups.

an eagle is not always an eagle - its only a weaponsplatform with different weapons - and the style of pvp is down to what tactics the other one uses - unless you re so good that the other one must adjust his pvp style to you.

with that said - the concept of missiles will NOT change in the update. - ( fighter missiles ) - the concept of capital ship missiles is a different issue and has been thoroughly discussed in the past on the boards here. - but fightermissiles are balanced in both - chance to hit and the ability to damage a ship and its equipment... things ARE balanced.

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