Jingseng, on 01 March 2017 - 08:17 PM, said:
Yeah, unfortunately streak against largely still/slow targets still tends to spread, even with artemis (artemis is the mistress. Always have artemis IF you are using streak...). However, against lights and mediums, particularly those trying to run, it's like the additional movement pulls the missiles into a tighter line. Go figure.
Artemis benefits streak. You should also always have artemis with streak. Like, always.
However, there's more to juggle with artemis. Especially if you might decide to go back to non streak srms - ASRM are great, but they are also heavier, fatter (more slots) and more expensive (on top of the artemis conversion itself). Switching back and forth can be expensive overall, and may require changes to your loadout/build.
If you're only ever going to run streak srm on a given mech and you can afford it, artemis is A Very Good Idea. If you can't afford it, you should play until you can afford it (conversion + ammo + new launchers). Otherwise, it is still A Pretty Good Idea, but it depends on a lot more factors (including play style).
Almost missed this with all the recent posts I've been tracking...
As far as I know, damage spread from SSRMs are not affected by mech speed nor any equipment installed. So an AP nor Artemis doesn't affect where they will home.
Mech size may have some affect on their spread, as smaller mech means tighter components, which means tighter looking spread. However, SSRMs (unless being manipulated via "face hugging") will always lock the 'bones" of a component and will always spread in the similar manner. This means that where the SSRMs are going to hit are completely random. (Of course, random excluding things such as angle of attack, distance to them, etc. If a mech has their right torso facing you and twisted away, you have a more likely chance of hitting the components facing you.)
I agree with what you say though. For a mech taking nothing but SSRMs, Artemis is an obvious upgrade you should take. If you are taking SSRMs with a compliment of other missiles (such as LRMs or SRMs), than you may not be able to afford to take Artemis. (I know I have several SSRM builds that mixed in LRMs into it. I have a Griffin (it's old) with an ALRM20 and 3 SSRM2s
(and 2 mls). It works well hand in hand with each other.)
AKA: Take Artemis for SSRMs always if it's all you are taking for missiles. Otherwise, consider what you want to get out of your build.
PS: I'm just trying to be as thorough with information as possible. Your information is still really good.
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