Admin Notice: Server testing #11

[Hielor]

All fighter missiles have a range below 2K.
Gunboats are at 2.5K.
Now destroyers/cruisers hit at 6K.
And battleship record is 4.5K.

I haven't seen any cruisers using missiles so the battleships remain the only issue.

The "range" on missiles is actually the time-to-live given their base speed. If you give them a speed boost by launching them from EK after cruising, you can hit targets at much longer range.

I've downed trade lanes at ~5k with Sidewinders, but I had to continue to drift along behind it in order to keep it from getting out of range of me and disappearing. I think I'll go try now with the load-range changes to see if I can stop after launching and still hit...