[Destiny]

So...if FRED makes a typo, it's canon too!






...but really, I hope FRED does not make a Raynor's missile launchers all fully armed with Rockeyes because I just experienced something really scary about heat-seeking missiles mounted on a capital ship.

[Commander Zane]

I find heat-seeking missiles to be outrageously useless.

[headdie]

FRED is canon!

that is now in my sig

[Destiny]

I find heat-seeking missiles to be outrageously useless.

On a fighter, yes. You...should try FREDding it out yourself, point a Raynor with Rockeyes, Balls of Steele AI at something.

[Mars]

I find heat-seeking missiles to be outrageously useless.

The Dart is a heat seeking missile.

[Commander Zane]

And I still prefer Dirks over them.

[Mars]

I honestly don't know how.

[Destiny]

I think it's a subconscious thing. The...reticle moving over to the target, hearing the beeps, and hearing the confirmation beep. Stuff like that. You get used to it. When there isn't any of them, something feels wrong; empty.

[Liberator]

There's a heat seeker in BP?

[Destiny]

Yeah...they're a rare commodity in FS2 though.

[Commander Zane]

I honestly don't know how.

Considering that from observing my own gametime I seem to miss nearly every missile in a salvo with Darts as opposed to Dirks, maybe that's why.
Not that it really matters since I've phased away from using any tracked missiles sans long-range missiles at any given time to use Tempests / Hellfires and just get my kills even quicker.
Getting 150+ kills higher over my usual total in the original FS2 campaign with Tempests seems to have sent me a message.

[Mars]

In FS2 Tempests were usually best, but I think WiH did a good job of giving you missiles actually worth it to take. . .

Except for the Dirk, which is almost exactly like the Hornet.

[Commander Zane]

Except for the tighter trajectories and their tendacy to acutally hit the target, unlike Hornets.
And I'm usually holding Hellfires and Slammers when possible, or Grimlers if needed.

[Mars]

Except for the tighter trajectories and their tendacy to acutally hit the target, unlike Hornets.
And I'm usually holding Hellfires and Slammers when possible, or Grimlers if needed.

It's actually less nimble than the Hornet IIRC, does more shield damage though.

And yeah, those are all crazy good. Hellfires aren't my thing, but they're good.

[Destiny]

Sadly there's no Vulcan-Hellfire combo like the GTVA does with the Subach-Tempest. Man, the Vulcan flies at 1000ms!

In FS2 Tempests were usually best

Speaking of the Tempest, I notice dumbfire missiles don't work with capital ships. Why is that so? If multipart turrets work and get to shoot lasers, dumbfire missiles shouldn't be that far, unless it's an engine limitation. Dang, was looking forward to seeing a massive Infyrno watching the Raynor spew out Infyrno missiles.

[Mars]

They do - look at the Fusion mortar on Fenris and Leviathan cruisers.

[Qent]

I find heat-seeking missiles to be outrageously useless.

The Dart is a heat seeking missile.

But it also flies a lead pursuit.

[TacOne]

I think the Rockeye has jaded me against heat-seekers in general, but I did use the Dart a bit (not that I ever could tell it and the Dirk apart, names are so similar)

[Destiny]

They do - look at the Fusion mortar on Fenris and Leviathan cruisers.

Oh, so the Fusion Mortar is a special exception with the Fenris/Leviathan for multipart dumbfire missiles? I see.

What kind of assets do the GTVA guard the node with?




...damn it, a rainbow spawned in the textbox

[Qent]

They do - look at the Fusion mortar on Fenris and Leviathan cruisers.

Oh, so the Fusion Mortar is a special exception with the Fenris/Leviathan for multipart dumbfire missiles? I see.

As far as having it work, the Infyrno is the exception, actually. The turret AI uses spawning missiles differently unless you add the "smart spawn" flag.