LRM on paper and by themselves are not overpowered, BUT, i find them by far to easy to use and most of all too stackable, atm all you need as a boat is a good spotter/narc/TAG light, a noob who do not cover or ( the only skill required about LRMS but the least employed )a good position, and NOTHING ELSE, no aiming ability, no deicsion making on when i have to get out of cover to deal dmg, just barely know where the enemies are to do not waste your missiles on buildings/props.
LRMS (IMO) is just a boring weapon used by cowards, it forces the enemy to stay in cover nearly constantly just to not finish obliterated by 3 battlecruiesers peacefully hidden behind their hill 900m apart , just waiting for a red square, when it pops (thanks to the mates ), they just have to barely aim in it, and thats all, button spam , no moves, no skill by any sort, no commitment, nothing, brainless missile wash spam, and what are the effects on the battlefield ? even more hide and seek mech just licking the walls like moray ells to do not get washed by a missile shower
LRMS should just be a support weapon, and should be caped in carryed weapon number ( and then upped a little to compensate ), OR at least making them less boring to use, and requiring something more to do by the boat itself, like maintaining the reticle more tightly to the center to do not loose the lock, or i don't know... at least something who give a chance to the oponent to avoid them without having to hide behind something like a rat.
And last, LRM can't be compared with mortars, with mortar like weapons you have to deal with distance , calculate your fire strenght to drop your shells on the right place, that's not the case with LRMS, you barely put your crosshair on the square and you spam your fire button.
and of course i don't even mention the map factor, some are just nearly coverless like caustic valley or alpine pikes, a good placed turret by a light and it is autowin ( already witnessed this kind of games, hopefully i was on the right side... )
anyway something have to be done, the LRM boats multiplication is not a coincidence.
Edited by Space laces, 23 August 2014 - 05:57 PM.