Missile ship

[Adam_Spire]

I have successfully killed 7 fighters with one shot of my 4 cannonballs and 2 lancers! Unfortunately, I was the confirmed kill. I tried using snub missiles to drain down their CDs but the fights typically involve 2+ fighters. That'€™s a long fight just to drain their CDs just to make a kill shot. Having friendlies firing CDs to blow up enemy mines doesn'€™t help either. The configuration oddly works well against Gunboats, provided they don'€™t have a friend who CDs your missiles. You also have 12-14 shots at one sortie, leaving no real room for chance. In a fire fight, its just best to either get a Mini razor or SNAC. Also, maybe with time the one on one Missile boat will work, my suggestion is to just stick with one missile.

I try to make my daily Wing Commander reference, but the Dumb Fire missile had the best tracking in the game even though it was a straight fire missile. Something about the game programing would have the dumbfire shoot straight at its target, not exactly where your ship was pointed. I can'€™t remember missing with a Dumb Fire Missile. A SNAC or Mini Razor work on a similar principle, but timing is everything. Your guns try to track your target and point in their direction. Trying to consider game lag and other various factors, the game seems to compensate by having its own '€œlock on'€ tracking. That'€™s why pulse cannons on cap ships hit so often. Unless you turn just before they fire, the SNAC Mini Razor, has a good chance to hit the target.

Missiles, I know what you'€™re trying to do because I do it too, get a lock on, fire, turn and watch their shield/hull bar take a hit, rinse repeat. Problem is, the second the '€œgame'€ registers you firing your missiles, the target knows it already. The CDs are way faster than your missiles and you turning. Your missiles also tend to lag back BEHIND your fighter when you fire then 1-2 seconds later accelerate away from your ship. That'€™s plenty of time for even a novice to let off two CDs and watch you eat your own missiles.

Unless game dynamics radically change, I'€™m going to have to reconfigure my tinderbox fighter for now. Maybe you'€™ll have better luck.

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