Wierd Beard
Imperium Technologies
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Posted - 2008.03.14 15:43:00 -
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Edited by: Wierd Beard on 14/03/2008 15:46:10
This is the one thing I find absurd. That a ship, any ship, that has things like life support, a cargo hold and all the little things that make sustaining human life viable in space, can possible out accelerate an object that is essentially a motor, fuel and maneuvering thrusters with a big hunk of explosives on the end.
Even with the suspension of disbelief inherent in a Sci Fi setting, like the magical devices that keep you from being squished to jelly as your crow accelerates to 15km/s. It's hard to believe that if you can do it with a ship, you can't do it with an unmanned tube of motor and boom juice.
Also, since the torp was remade to fill in the rocket/HAM/blaster/autocannon/pulse laser role...how about the velocity and ROF bonus that is implied with these smaller, closer range weapons? Initially it seemed that the Cruise Missile was filling that role, even though it had a superior range. Lighter damage, higher ROF and better damage against smaller targets. Nowadays, neither seems to fill the role in the same vein that all the other turrets/launchers do.
I do agree with most posters on the subject of ECM. There is a reason that Falcons, Rooks and Scorps are still primary in most fleet battles. And that overall Caldari ships are best able to shine in group combat vs solo encounters. But not all Caldari ships are ECM ships. And sometimes you're just sick of large scale engagements or shooting at POSs. So it'd be nice to have something other than a Gistii Crow w/ a full set of snakes to go out and solo in. And no, I'm not gonna build up a Minmatar alt. 
Missiles don't need a drastic boost. Just give me a chance to be on par with other race's primary weapons system. Let a cruise missile have a ghost of a chance to apply damage to a ship before everyone else in the gang has dropped 5 volleys. If a torp is supposed to be a giant rocket, drop the damage on them and give me a similarly scaled ROF to a HAM or rocket launcher. And ffs, a player ship should not be able to sustain a higher speed, nor out accelerate an unmanned missile short of being in warp. Their signiature size and the explosion velocity variance should be enough of a cookie to keep the nano crowd still happily spending billions on implants and named gear.
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