LikeUntoGod, on 06 December 2016 - 01:05 PM, said:
ACK! Course corrections. So the LRMs will semi track the target. (but still not fast enough to hit most Lights)
OK, TAG. It gives an extra second of lock on time. So if I'm tagging and the target moves out of sight, I still have a second. Any idea how much it tightens the spread?
And Artemis and Tag each give one extra second of lock on time?
What are the stats on Narc? And do you consider it worth using with doing LRMs.
And AMS and LRMs. If an AMS shoot down 6 of the incoming 15 missiles, will the other 11 come together to keep the pattern or will there be a "hole" in the spread?
LRMs have a set number of times while in the air that they will repitch to home on on their targets. This is why LRMs are less effective against light mechs, because they move so fast that they avoid the missiles after their last course correction. If you lose your lock on the target while the LRMs are in the air, they will no longer correct their course and will continue on the last path to their target.
TAG provides a but more target decay if your target was hit with it. An extra second sounds about correct. I have never witnessed Artemis to have this effect though... Koniving is normally correct on his statements so I'm not sure here. If Artemis increases Target Decay, that would be news to me.
NARC is a manually aimed missile that attaches onto a target. It weighs as much as an SRM6 launcher, and each ton of ammo doesn't provide much. Overall, NARC is only good on faster mech, but it can come in handy for an LRM based mech. However... it takes up a missile slot. (As far as using it yourself, I have a Raven that NARCs for it's own limited LRM supply. Unless you are in a fast mech, NARCing for your own LRMs is a little impractical. Possible, but not practical.)
As for AMS punching a hole in your LRM spread or if the LRMs readjust to fill in the hole... Don't know. LRMs tend to be fast enough moving and in enough of a group that I have never been able to tell. I also tend to to worry how the AMS takes down my missiles, I only worry that they do. From what I've observed though, it seems like AMS picks on the missiles on the edge of the swarm... But I can't say for certain. Never really gave it much thought to be honest.