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Missiles Should Be Able To Be Shot Down


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Poll: would you like to be able to shoot down missiles (102 member(s) have cast votes)

be able to manually shoot down missiles?

  1. yes (68 votes [66.67%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 66.67%

  2. no (34 votes [33.33%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 33.33%

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#1 urmamasllama

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 01:24 PM

give missiles a hitbox and be unarmored but have a high health while having a payload with a low health so that machine guns have a decent chance at taking them down

#2 urmamasllama

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 08:30 PM

i was really hoping more people would care :)

Edited by urmamasllama, 23 February 2013 - 08:30 PM.


#3 Solis Obscuri

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 08:31 PM

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#4 Beeman

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 08:46 PM

This was actually a semi-popular thread just a day or two ago. I imagine people might be annoyed to see it again so soon. Then again, I'm sure many people are just too busy workin' their way up in ranks for the tournament...thing that's goin' on.

#5 Commander Kobold

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 08:52 PM

AMS shoots down missles, adding the abillity to manually shoot them down is a waste of Development time : / (and being able to shoot missles with MGs would only work at about 90 meters which wouldn't work that well anyways.

#6 Eddrick

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 08:59 PM

It would compleatly defeate the purpose of AMS. Also, bare in mind Laser AMS will come later.

#7 Team Leader

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:01 PM

I also agree that machine guns should be able to shoot down missiles when dumb fired into a crowd

#8 Viper69

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:02 PM

Ah the ol "Let me shoot down the missiles with mah guns" thread. If missiles were easy to shoot down an automatic anti missile system would not be employed. Hell we wouldnt need the sea wizz AMS or patriot missiles if we could just run out and point an M16 skyward and knock them down.

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:04 PM

View PostViper69, on 23 February 2013 - 09:02 PM, said:

Ah the ol "Let me shoot down the missiles with mah guns" thread. If missiles were easy to shoot down an automatic anti missile system would not be employed. Hell we wouldnt need the sea wizz AMS or patriot missiles if we could just run out and point an M16 skyward and knock them down.

I bet if you shot a minigun at a missile going 10 miles per hour you would be able to take it out

#10 Viper69

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:05 PM

View PostTeam Leader, on 23 February 2013 - 09:04 PM, said:

I bet if you shot a minigun at a missile going 10 miles per hour you would be able to take it out


You have a minigun to test your hypothesis? If not then you cannot prove you can. You could probably hit a missile with a rock if it only flew 10mph BTW.

#11 Eddrick

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:10 PM

Wonders how many are picturing the way you can shoot down missiles in Armored Core 4? That game has AMS as well. But, it is less effective then ours. Because, it can only shot forward.

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:12 PM

View PostViper69, on 23 February 2013 - 09:05 PM, said:


You have a minigun to test your hypothesis? If not then you cannot prove you can. You could probably hit a missile with a rock if it only flew 10mph BTW.

Do you have an m16 to test yours :)

#13 Viper69

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:14 PM

View PostTeam Leader, on 23 February 2013 - 09:12 PM, said:

Do you have an m16 to test yours :)


yes, but I dont have any missiles. Besides I think we can look at all the current military tech and see even computer guided AMS are very inacurate and expend a lot of ammunition to kill one missile. Youtube Seawizz AMS.

This is what is sitting on our mech shoulder



If you think you should be able to aim and manually shoot down even a falling mortar shell everyone who thinks so is foolish.

Edited by Viper69, 23 February 2013 - 09:19 PM.


#14 Team Leader

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:19 PM

But on the other hand, Viper, fuuuttuuurreeeee!!!

#15 Kassatsu

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:21 PM

Someone with more money than brain cells needs to set the OP up on a target range with an M60 and a bunch of rocket launchers. Have them fire from down range over his head while he fires his M60 at them to try to shoot them out of the air.

Something tells me he won't be very successful, though I'll admit the missiles in this game are extremely slow compared to actual missiles.

#16 Eddrick

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:21 PM

View PostViper69, on 23 February 2013 - 09:14 PM, said:



I herd about the Phalanx about 20 years ago.

Edited by Eddrick, 23 February 2013 - 09:23 PM.


#17 Viper69

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:23 PM

View PostTeam Leader, on 23 February 2013 - 09:19 PM, said:

But on the other hand, Viper, fuuuttuuurreeeee!!!


Yes but future doesnt cover pilot. It covers the tech of the AMS but your machine gun is still a machine gun. Sorry but nice try. :)

View PostEddrick, on 23 February 2013 - 09:21 PM, said:

I herd about this one about 20 years ago.


Yeah they are really neat.

Edited by Viper69, 23 February 2013 - 09:24 PM.


#18 Pihb

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:23 PM

As dumb as an idea this is, I voted yes for two reasons. It would make the MG worthwhile. It would make mouth breathers who use lrm's cry.

P.S. all you dolts trying to apply real world ******** to this argument are funny.

Edited by Pihb, 23 February 2013 - 09:24 PM.


#19 Viper69

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:24 PM

View PostPihb, on 23 February 2013 - 09:23 PM, said:

As dumb as an idea this is, I voted yes for two reasons. It would make the MG worthwhile. It would make mouth breathers who use lrm's cry.


Yeah that makes even less sense than the idea.

#20 ArcherX

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 09:24 PM

The missiles in this game travel very slowly.





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