However, missile velocity is something that should definitely be included (Rattlesnake, Raven and Raven Navy Issue). These are all long-range platforms and it somewhat defeats the purpose to relegate them to mid-range setups.

Something seems off in your numbers. I can't see how RHMLs on a Typhoon would outperform cruise missiles by more than a factor of 2 against either type of battleship (AB and MWD). For starters, the explosion radius isn't going to come into effect, the explosion velocity is actually higher with cruise missiles and despite the higher rate of fire with RHMLs heavy missiles do less than half the damage.

CCP should remove heavy missiles and cruiser missile all together.

On the typhoon the cruise missiles DID our perform RHML against battlecruiser sized targets and larger. With or without prop mod. Not sure if I mistyped or what.

CCP should remove heavy missiles and cruiser missile all together.

that cant be , once your explosion radius has match the sig radius of the target , any further decrease in exp rad wont increase your damage . I have shot angel BS many times with rage torpedo with 4 tp painted and do 1500 volley damage due to its speed was over 200m/s.

A casual glance would seem to suggest that cruise missiles and torpedoes would actually outstrip RHMLs for applied damage.

Unless I'm mistaken, explosion radius only comes into play if the target's signature radius is smaller. If that's the case, it means we're primarily looking at explosion velocity as the determining factor.

[If explosion radius is smaller than target sig, then the quotient of [sig]/[explosion radius] acts as a multiplier to missile explosion velocity, allowing a missile to deal full damage even if its target is exceeding its explosion velocity. This means that a target that experiences 5x increases to sig and speed - such as by activating MWD - can receive the same damage as when MWD was off, assuming that the hard cap of [sig]/[explosion radius] is not in effect.

Some real world numbers... I ran a Tengu outfitted with a single cruise and heavy missile launcher against the following targets (Caldari Navy Mjolnir ammunition, so no bonuses):

i. AB Caracal (145m signature, 525 m/s)
ii. MWD Caracal (870m signature, 1515 m/s)
iii. AB Ferox (345m signature, 346 m/s)
iv. MWD Ferox (2070m signature, 961 m/s)

Here were the results:

GÇó Heavy missile ... AB Caracal, 88 damage (142 adjusted damage)
GÇó Heavy missile ... MWD Caracal, 150 damage (242 adjusted damage)
GÇó Cruise missile ... AB Caracal, 72 damage
GÇó Cruise missile ... MWD Caracal, 141 damage

GÇó Heavy missile ... AB Ferox, 184 damage (297 adjusted damage)
GÇó Heavy missile ... MWD Ferox, 184 damage (297 adjusted damage)
GÇó Cruise missile ... AB Ferox, 194 damage
GÇó Cruise missile ... MWD Ferox, 402 damage

Summary:

i. AB Caracal ... RHML, 97.2% more effective
ii. MWD Caracal ... RHML, 71.6% more effective
iii. AB Ferox ... RHML, 53.1% more effective
iv. MWD Ferox ... Cruise, 35.4% more effective

What happens with precision cruise in the tubes?

hate when people start to compare specific ships for RHML/CM/TM yet left SNI out (SNI's bonus do apply to both CM/RHML)... one thing that concern me is heavy missile's velocity. why it is slower than Cruise?

Very interesting. Appreciate the clarification, thanks. So would rigors then be more effective than flares? (since it's unlikely you'll exceed a target's velocity with explosion velocity alone)

So, the part where there isn't a hull in the Tier 3 BC class that can use Missiles... About that.
I'd love an oversized AML caracal. Maybe they had this on the drawing board, and is the actual reason for Naga flipping weapon systems?

Summary:

i. AB Caracal ... RHML, 97.2% more effective
ii. MWD Caracal ... RHML, 71.6% more effective
iii. AB Ferox ... RHML, 53.1% more effective
iv. MWD Ferox ... Cruise, 35.4% more effective

This sounds about right, the intersection point for RHML vs Cruise seemed to be centered around a MWD Combat Battlecruiser, although I did my calculations using a drake not a ferox.

Now make an attack BC that get's a bonus to launchers

This sounds about right, the intersection point for RHML vs Cruise seemed to be centered around a MWD Combat Battlecruiser, although I did my calculations using a drake not a ferox.

Forgot to mention something important - Battleships with Damage bonuses (like Raven and Typhoon rate of fire) will have those bonuses applied to the new launchers. Any bonuses to damage projection or application will NOT be applied (such as Raven missile velocity or Typhoon explosion velocity).

The ROF bonus on the Widow has not been updated to effect Rapid Heavy Missile Launchers. Is this over-site or design?

Oversight - thanks, will fix.