There is no flaw here. Longer range turrets have better effective tracking than shorter range ones, since tracking is affected by range. If you were to balance missiles despite their "tracking" not being affected by range, you could do so by either making the close range OR the long range better at applying their damage, because in the end either can be justified quite easily.

That said, you do seem to ignore a few key factors in missile balancing:
DPS/range before bonuses (max skills, t1 ammo) of the 4 main large weapon types:

800mm AC II: 43 / 3km
Mega Pulse II: 48 / 15km
Neutron Blaster II: 59 / 4.5km
Torp launcher II: 62 / 20km

And I know from your other posts that you want to include falloff in range, which is fine, but then we also have to take into account the reduced damage from fighting in falloff (which averages out to full DPS at optimal, and half dps anywhere from optimal+1m to 2X falloff) so I'll throw those numbers out there, mostly because I'm bored:

Average DPS of each main BS weapon from 0 - optimal + 2X falloff:
800mm AC II: 23.7 / 51km
Mega Pulse II 34.3: / 35km
Neutron Blaster II: 33.85 / 30.5km
Torp launcher II: 62 / 20km

Less total range (though counting range as optimal+2X falloff is hilariously stupid to begin with) but MUCH more DPS applied. This also ignores damage types and cap use.

The point I'm trying to make here is that you can't just point out the flaws of a weapon system and claim that it's unbalanced because of that. All weapons have drawbacks, that's how they're supposed to be. If you want to show that something is underpowered, prove that it's ADVANTAGES are crap.


EDIT:

Trading damage application for raw DPS is arguably the most important aspect of balancing any weapon system in any game ever. This is working as intended.

So why buff torps instead of nerfing HAMs?

Hams themselves aren't bad, the reason they see little use is that heavies are hilariously OP.

From my last post:


Also aren't most cruisers in the 125m sig radius anyway?

Oh and it's also worth noting that heavy missiles are laughably OP, and have been for ages, arguing that HAMs are worse than heavies doesn't really mean anything when the same can be said of literally every single medium weapon system in the game, both close AND long range, but then I already mentioned that, had you bothered to read my last post.

Nerf HAMS? are you insane? Its either that or you have never bothered to use them, because even up close people refuse to use them...A drake with heavies up close does better applied dps than with HAMS..

They also eat a bunch of PG in which you cant even fit them on a caracal and on a Cerb they are laughable. Hell a cerb is laughable and its almost as bad as the Eagle, which is pretty much useless

Lex Luther says: WRONG!

Neutron Blasters with T1 Antimatter: 4.5 optimal + 13 km falloff. Optimal + 2 x falloff= max range. = 31 km max range. Still does damage within this range

Torpedo Launcher with T1 Mjolnir: <20.3 ~ 16-18 km based on missile acceleration. Beyond that range does zero damage.

Well, so Torpedoes do full damage out to 18km - blasters will only do half. Where the hell is the problem?


reagrds,

rob

i always thought it was pretty stupid from day one to have missile skills that dont effect all the missiles.

Lets change motion prediction skill so it only effects long range weapon platforms! no? exactly.

problem is that torps will never do full damage.

You keep mentioning that everything is laughably over powered with missiles.. Yet what weapon system is most common in PVP by far? Guns... what ships are in the far majority of use? Armor...Drake is the only 1 true pvp ship caldari has and its use because of range and tank, the dps is far less than its gun counterparts.

What beats a drake fleet? An alpha fleet... Once again guns... People are to lazy to think outside the box and with Goon numbers its hard to contest most of their fleets. Just like a typical left, they blame the ship, not the people..

Once the ship has been nerfed into the ground as you go on cheering, then comes Cane fleets, with arts or heavy tanked with autos.
Then of course when large numbers are brought, you will complain how they need to be nerfed too.

This circle has continued and these nerfs come around because of cry babies..

Perhaps CCP needs to nerf you whiners.

Well now Torps, HAMs and Rockets are getting a whopping buff.

Mission accomplished, I guess.

So: let's talk about Torp CNRs with dual Hydraulic Thruster rigs, and a T2 Rigor?