Originally by: Tiuwaz

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for caldari perception weapons that hit up to 100km are short range weapons

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Originally by: kieron

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The Carrier was never intended to be a solo OMGWTF mission-farming PWNmobile.

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Originally by: Malthros Zenobia

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Assaultlaunchers fire light missiles as a higher rate of fire than standard launchers.

Do not confuse the with heavy assault launchers.

Also, all ship bonuses for weapons affect *every* weapon of that ship size, the only exception are guided missile bonuses, and iirc, only the NH has such a bonus.

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Originally by: Aramendel

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The problem is the "Heavy Assault" name they've choosen for the cruiser sized rocket/torp variation, which is somewhat dumb considering the normal assault launchers. They should have called it "heavy rocket" or "light torpedo".

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Originally by: Amda Portisse

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v. v confusing :)

essentially though I'm mildly annoyed because I thought I'd found a great Support-drake setup, as an anti-frig platform using 7x T2 Assault Launchers (light or 'standard' missiles) and a great tank, but it seems like the bonuses don't actually apply to light missiles, despite the Assault launcher being a 'cruiser-size' module.

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Originally by: Rathyn Mercer

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OK to try and clear this up for everyone.

Heavy missles are just as described a missle in between light and cruise. They have good dmg decent range.
Heavy assult missles are short range, slightly less powerful heavy missles, that fire at incrediablly high RoF.
Standard missles are considered in-close range missles.. between 10-30km dependent on skills. they do light dmg..
Rockets are short range 1-10km and do extra light dmg. high RoF. 1 volley/3s or less.

Now on to launchers.

theres standard missle launchers. fire light standard missles T1 or T2.
theres heavy launchers. Fire Heavy missles T1 or T2
theres heavy assult launchers. Fire heavy assult missles, have better RoF then even assult launchers.T1 or T2
then theres Assult launchers, meant to fire high volumes of light missles as an anti-frigate weapon.
all launchers above will fire defender missles..
Some people consider Heavy Assult missles to just be large rockets, same kind of range and bigger dmg.

Now on to skills.. to use standard missles one must have the standard missle skill, to fire heavy missles you need to have the heavy missle skill, and heavy assult..heavy assult skill.
if you look at it heavy missle skill applies 5% dmg bonus per level to all heavy missles, as does heavy assult skill, applies 5% dmg bonus to all heavy missles.
heavy and heavy assult spec, just allow the use of T2 launchers and apply a RoF bonus of -2%per lvl.
All heavy missles benefit from heavy assult skill as do all heavy assult missles benefit from heavy skill.

And the drake does apply all bonuses to the missles listed..
I hope this post helped to clear things up if not well I tried.

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Originally by: Rathyn Mercer

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And the drake does apply all bonuses to the missles listed..
I hope this post helped to clear things up if not well I tried.

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Originally by: Dray

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Ok just checked this out on the test server, you only get the kin damage bonus on hvy and hvy assault missiles, lights fired from std or assault missiles show no damage bonus, this was checked by fitting 2 diff damage type missiles and comparing them.

Borked description i guess?

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Originally by: Dray

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Ok just checked this out on the test server, you only get the kin damage bonus on hvy and hvy assault missiles, lights fired from std or assault missiles show no damage bonus, this was checked by fitting 2 diff damage type missiles and comparing them.

Borked description i guess?

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Originally by: Zerode

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When is ballistic control system II going to affect heavy assault missiles?
Have not been fixed so far and realy messes the whole thing up.

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