Anyone else noticing this? It's getting pretty annoying to shoot LRMs at a shadow hawk and watch it jog leisurely away at 70 kph and have none of them hit the mech. LRMs just straight up target low to the ground and using TAG doesn't improve the targeting as advertised.
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Lrms Targetting Butt/legs Of Mechs
Started by JimboFBX, Nov 24 2013 12:08 AM
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Posted 24 November 2013 - 05:10 AM
confirmed, that and srm still sometimes not registering.
/tinfoilhat
maybe we should use more ac an ppc?
/tinfoilhat
maybe we should use more ac an ppc?
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Posted 24 November 2013 - 04:13 PM
Aiming point is broken, spread is broken, trajectory is broken, tag is broken, dumbfire is broken,...
..wish they would return it to the state between LRMgeddon and the trajectorychanges. It was considered underpowered then but it was more reliable and definitely more fun back then.
..wish they would return it to the state between LRMgeddon and the trajectorychanges. It was considered underpowered then but it was more reliable and definitely more fun back then.
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Posted 25 November 2013 - 07:53 AM
Yeah, I've been noticing this too. Unless you're above the target, the missiles will tend to come in at a low angle and miss the torso entirely. Then it gets exacerbated by the fact that many of the missiles pass through/around the legs and hit the ground, resulting in only a small portion of your salvo hitting the target. And this is with Artemis/TAG and a direct visual lock.
I think that's why we've seen the huge shift lately to smaller launcher sizes like massed LRM5's and LRM10's. The smaller volley size makes their spread tighter, allowing them to focus more damage. That's something that needs to be addressed because now LRM 20's are nearly worthless.
Sure, there's AMS, but if you group fire your smaller launchers against AMS protected targets that 5xLRM5 because an LRM25 that allows most of them to get through. Against non-AMS protected targets though simply chain firing smaller launcher is usually the best tactic to actually do decent damage.
I think that's why we've seen the huge shift lately to smaller launcher sizes like massed LRM5's and LRM10's. The smaller volley size makes their spread tighter, allowing them to focus more damage. That's something that needs to be addressed because now LRM 20's are nearly worthless.
Sure, there's AMS, but if you group fire your smaller launchers against AMS protected targets that 5xLRM5 because an LRM25 that allows most of them to get through. Against non-AMS protected targets though simply chain firing smaller launcher is usually the best tactic to actually do decent damage.
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Posted 25 November 2013 - 07:41 PM
Lurms are fine as they are, thanks.
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Posted 26 November 2013 - 08:30 PM
Oh i forgot AMS is broken(it is to powerfull and the only way to get mediumsized(LRM10-15) volleys through is to bring a spare LRM5 that is fired less then 0.5 sec before the main launcher(chainfire is to slow to do it) - again incenting boating smaler lauchers....
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