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[Lyoto Machida]

MadHornet, on 23 November 2016 - 06:37 AM, said:

I think the launchers should fire like dumbfire SRM's in terms of a pattern instead of seeking random parts of a 'mech, and make them CT seeking. This way, even if they do CT seek, some of them will be forced to hit other locations with how spread out they are. This means that the smaller launchers become more accurate, just like the regular SRM's.

Also, torso twisting will then have some of the missiles miss you since they fly in a mostly fixed pattern, and they'll have to loop back and explode in mid air.

And depending on your speed and distance, you might be able to outrun some of the missiles on a perpendicular path.

SRMs used to have a spread and converge pattern...they had a sweet spot at a certain range if you could get into position. PGI took that away, along with our spirally LRMs.

Seems like they keep taking stuff away as the game progresses instead of adding (IK, minimap, spiral LRMs, SRM pattern, interesting CW, etc).

[L1f3H4ck]

Bombast, on 22 November 2016 - 05:36 AM, said:

Or they could release the full IS SSRM range and let the SSRM2 just be 'that launcher' you take to add two more missiles to a SSRM barrage when you have the hardpoint for an extra launcher, but not the tonnage.

Just say'n.

Lyoto Machida, on 22 November 2016 - 09:48 AM, said:

How about just adding SSRM-4/6s instead?

This and this. Why aren't we having this conversation about Clan Streaks and regular SRM2s? Exactly.

[Revis Volek]

Make them also shoot 4 or 6 if you have enough tonnage.....

Edited by Revis Volek, 23 November 2016 - 01:57 PM.

[QuantumButler]

I mean if you want actual sensible suggestions have all streaks only lock onto torsos instead of limbs as well, LT, CT, RT decided by RNG upon firing, for all size classes, and make SSRM2s fire slightly faster.

[Autologus]

The way to tune streaks should be that each missile target location is determined based on the % mass of the target location to the total mass of the mech. Example if the CT is 40% of the total mass of the mech then it has a 40% chance of being targeted. The missiles should fly in a direct path to the location regardless of the target mech orientation such that if the target location is the RA and the mech turns in such a way it could hit the LA or LL even if the target mech is in a vertically elevated position in relation to the attacker. This would be the closest to actual physics and not be overpowered as to be CT seeking or limb seeking ect.