Captain Schmungles
Caldari
Freelancing Corp
Confederation of Independent Corporations
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Posted - 2007.06.17 19:40:00 -
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First, you can increase the speed of your missiles by training Missile Projection. Second, some ships give a bonus to missile velocity. Third, training the skill Rapid Launch increases the firing rate of your launchers, t2 launchers have a faster rate of fire than t1 launchers, and a bcu gives a bonus to damage and to rate of fire.
I think the problem's already been solved with that mate.
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Captain Schmungles
Caldari
Freelancing Corp
Confederation of Independent Corporations
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Posted - 2007.06.17 22:47:00 -
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First, the problem's already been solved. I fly missile boats. I love the missile boats that I have, and I honestly don't care that I can get two or three salvos in the air before the first one hits. That's part of the balance of the game: guns deal instant damage, but the damage per shot on a gun is much less than that of a missile. If you were to make missiles go faster than they already do with your skills at level 5, well, then why should I use guns?
Part of the appeal of guns is that they do instant damage, thus making up for the fact that, shot for shot, a gun will deal less damage than a missile. If you don't like that it takes time for missiles to fly 60+ km, well, don't use them. There are skills, rigs, mods, and ship bonuses that all make your missiles go faster or make your launchers launch faster. Coming from someone who flies missile boats, I personally would not want my missiles to go any faster than they do now. Part of the challenge of fighting in a missile boat is compensating for the fact that you are incapable of dealing instant damage. In return, you don't have to deal with problems of tracking or transversal velocity. So, you can orbit a ship as fast as you want, activate your launchers, and just sit back and have fun.
If you want to deal faster damage then you have two choices:
a) use guns
b) Engage at closer range so that your missiles don't have to fly as long. Remember, you can "get under" someone's guns, you can't do the same for someone's missiles.
Oh, and by the way, Caldari have the best pve ships in the game. You can't have everything.
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