Malora Sidewinder, on 07 January 2013 - 05:04 PM, said:
^^seriously? you have to lead your shots and maintain targets, and against an opponent who doesn't suck and properly torso twists this can be difficult.
LRMS you quite literally left click continuously with no target leading.
That's a pretty good way to waste LRMs, broadcast your location to everyone with a huge yellow arc, and generate a ton of waste heat.
You know, someone actually described advanced techniques with LRMs once quite well: Using the fact that LRM's have two different arcs when locked and not locked, you can actually un-lock off an enemy while the LRM's are in flight so that they flight more straight forward, then you lock back on and they're take an arc. You can actually shoot over hills this way whereas, only locking, you couldn't.
LRM's have plenty of skillful applications and uses. Dumping ten tons of ammunition into a mech and holding fire works, sure, but there's a lot of downsides, wastes of ammo, and broadcasting of your location.
Edited by Orzorn, 07 January 2013 - 05:19 PM.