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Killaria Semantia
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Posted - 2007.10.21 03:43:00 -
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Say if I am under attack by a Raven.
Do I have to target the missles he's firing at my manually or to they target automatically?
I'm just curious.
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Shereza
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Posted - 2007.10.21 03:47:00 -
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To answer your first question as to how they work, poorly from everything I've heard.
To answer yoru second question, they autofire on their own I believe, or at least they autotarget.
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Fenderson
Finite Horizon
Synchr0nicity
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Posted - 2007.10.21 03:47:00 -
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in theory, you fire the defenders and they automatically go kill the missiles being fired at you. however they dont work very well, and i really dont recommend using them.
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Viktor Fyretracker
Caldari
Worms Corp
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Posted - 2007.10.21 04:07:00 -
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the problem with them isnt just that they dont Autofire its that they only defend your ship. so for example you couldnt take a few Drakes, load them with assault launchers/heavy assault launchers and have them run point defense.
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Dubious Drewski
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Posted - 2007.10.21 04:11:00 -
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 Originally by: Viktor Fyretracker
you couldnt take a few Drakes, load them with assault launchers/heavy assault launchers and have them run point defense.
Now THAT would be cool. The only requirement would be making missiles a little more useful in pvp. So why are rats' defenders so useful when our defenders are so broken?
Originally by: Slayton Ford
a Drake is normally primaried last
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Brea Lafail
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Posted - 2007.10.21 04:37:00 -
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Edited by: Brea Lafail on 21/10/2007 04:38:57
Edited by: Brea Lafail on 21/10/2007 04:38:09
They're not really broken, but you're usually better off shooting real missiles. If your running a mission against gurristas and are having a hard time tanking the damage, might as well give them a shot. In pvp... I don't know anyone who uses them.
As for how to actually use them, when you see a missile fired at you, activate the launcher (has to be AFTER the missile is shot at you) and your defenders will do the rest.
PS. Use a rocket launcher to shoot them. As far as I know, theres no advantage to using larger launcher except for the increased magazine size.
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Adqam
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.10.21 09:22:00 -
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Originally by: Brea Lafail
PS. Use a rocket launcher to shoot them. As far as I know, theres no advantage to using larger launcher except for the increased magazine size.
There isn't. The good thing about defenders in a rocket launcher is that:
1) It only takes one defender to take out a cruise missile
2) It can fire them stupendously quickly
3) If at a long range, you can take out most of an incoming volley of cruises from a raven.
In my experience, defenders start becoming less useful at PVP ranges (<20km).
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Dan Grobag
Caldari
Oyster Colors
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Posted - 2007.10.21 09:45:00 -
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I like to use one on my arbitrator, that ship dont really have hi-slot offence capability anyway, even catching some heavy missiles on a 1v1 can reduce some damage taken.
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