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[New Day]

Does it allow me to see ALL the mechs that are behind me or only the one that is currently locked on?

[Turist0AT]

That you currently locked on. Youll be able to keep a lock if they circle you and you want to lock with streaks faster for example. If you want to see whose in your proximity then go with siesmic sensor

Edited by Turist0AT, 24 November 2013 - 04:32 AM.

[Durant Carlyle]

And it only works if the target is within 200 meters when it's behind you.

[New Day]

Durant Carlyle, on 24 November 2013 - 10:42 AM, said:

And it only works if the target is within 200 meters when it's behind you.

So in this situation I could only see the red mech on my map and not the blue one?

[Durant Carlyle]

Right. It's only your locked (red-boxed) target, and only if it remains within 200 meters when it goes behind you.

[Koniving]

Combine this with target decay and you can shoot streaks at the mechs behind you while you run away.

[New Day]

Koniving, on 24 November 2013 - 01:35 PM, said:

Combine this with target decay and you can shoot streaks at the mechs behind you while you run away.

Not really since target decay and retention affect the red lock box, not the circle SSRM/LRM lock thingy.

[Koniving]

NamesAreStupid, on 24 November 2013 - 01:43 PM, said:

Not really since target decay and retention affect the red lock box, not the circle SSRM/LRM lock thingy.

Need that red lock box to keep your lock. Though that makes it sound like that tidbit of abuse had been fixed since when it first came out. (I don't run lights often enough to have a use for it.)

[Durant Carlyle]

Yeah, with the "missile lock decay" they introduced a couple of patches ago, the firing of Streaks at a target behind you happens less often, though it has not stopped completely. It still happens often enough that I take this module.