Elindreal
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.11.25 21:42:00 -
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1-Up Mushroom wrote:
But you people need to realize that HML's are the long range weapons and HAM's are the short range weapons. Since HML's are used so often many people seem to think that Pulses, Blasters, AC's and HML's are all in the same "weapon group", when in reality HAM's belong in that group not HML's.
Sure, compared to Pulses, AC's and Blasters HML's damage may seems balanced but that's since your comparing it with the wrong weapons. Compare HML's to Rails, Arty and Beams and you'll quickly see how unbalanced it is. I mean give me Arty that does 600 DPS at 100km range and I'll be happy, maybe lower the PG requirements of Beams and it'll be nice, give rails more damage and that'd be sweet (Crucible ^^). You guys need to realize that.
while drawing lines along the 'short range' and 'long range' weapon group while seeming intuitive, is not accurate and should not apply to missiles.
short range turrets = high tracking high damage
long range turrets = crappy tracking lower damage
whereas:
unguided missiles (short range) = crappy 'tracking' high damage
guided missiles (long range) = high 'tracking' lower damage
if anything it is this differentiation between missiles and turrets that is irking you. I understand that it does seem somewhat backwards when thinking in terms of turrets.
but on the other hand thinking guided vs unguided it does make more sense. guided missiles should be more accurate with longer range, while unguided missiles are less accurate, shorter range, but better damage.
some important points made which should be kept in mind:
the trade off is flight time and missiles disappearing in pvp lag.
sure heavy missiles are extremely versatile, however the realm of missiles is mostly confined to PvE, and even then i must say solo PvE because in group PvE (incursions) many fleets scorn missile ships.
I've used missiles and lasers, everything has its own can of worms. I don't believe heavy missiles are unbalanced nor out of whack. they just have different uses.
also, keep in mind that as a weapon system, heavy missiles are the -most- versatile of all missiles. rockets and torps are probably the next most useful. standard missiles, hams, cruise are all somewhat 'meh.' |