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Sylia wrote:

This was with mark III proton missles .. min 2k max 6k

. for comparison my blaster is min 1900 max 2900 .6 shields .6 armor

A single hit with the blaster takes off over half thier shielding (on the side hit)

Message Edited by Sylia on 11-28-2004 12:44 PM

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Pseudopd wrote:

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Sylia wrote:

I took my time yesterday on a duty mission.

I'd get to the last A-wing of the wave, and pop off a few mark 3 torps.

I was rather suprised the first shot, I had a good line the A-wing barely turned so the torp had a straight in shot .......

...impact, dead on ....... A-wing remains 100%

Next shot ... boom ... A-wing shields 98%

.. and on and on it went, ocassionally I'd see some good damage but just ocassionally. Maybee it has something to do with the speed boosts, maybee the ships are at the edge of the blast radius when the torps blow up. I dunno but I distinctly get the feeling the torps are striking the target, then falling back a ways before exploding.

If you get a good look at it from an angle it looks like the torps allways blow up a significant distance behind the enemy ships, and a second later than your mind tells you they should.

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What kind of missles are you using? Different missle types do different damage. For example, concussion missle do more shield damge and very low armor damage. And, missle like consussion missles DO explode next the target, not on it, to"overstress and blow out shield generators". Look at the missle stats and you'll see two important numbers: Vs. Sheilds and Vs. Armor.

Another example: Lets say you have proton missles that do a maximum 1000 damage. the stats for the missile is Vs. sheild = 0.38 and Vs. armor = 0.50. This means that when that missle hits the shield of ths enemy ship, the first line of defense, the maximum damage it can do is 380 points...38percent of 1000. Then you fire another missile when the shields are down, against armor, your maximum damage is 500, 50 percent of 1000! Once armor and shields are both down, you can do a potential damage of 1000 maxumun with no modifiers against the rest of the ship...it has no defenses now.

So, why use missles then? Missles are a tactical option, NOT an all aroundmassive damage weapon. Want to take down the Correlian corvette? Planning of missile use is involved. Want to take down the shields? Target them with concussive missles. Then take out thearmor with protons missliles. Perhaps a spacebomb to disable the ship on a flyby. Need the right payload for the right job.

Hope this helps

Baz Pseudopod - ROM master pilot and capt. of the Argonaut

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This was with mark III proton missles .. min 2k max 6k

. for comparison my blaster is min 1900 max 2900 .6 shields .6 armor

A single hit with the blaster takes off over half thier shielding (on the side hit)

Message Edited by Sylia on 11-28-2004 12:44 PM

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ROBO1964 wrote:

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Sylia wrote:

Here's how they're working...

When you ever get lock on an enemy you can fire your missle at them and do about 1 blaster shot worth of damage.

The NPC's can instantly lock onto you and fire thier missles which will down your shields in two shots.

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I guess my 4000-8000 damage 1.02 to shield missiles must be a figment of my imagination or I have yet to come across that blaster you have. I can take an NPC shield out in 2 shots with mine easy.

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Thank you. My mk4 protons are 9700 damage, and my spacebombs are 21,000 damage.

They feel it....

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ROBO1964 wrote:

I have noticed somke missiles being evaded since the last patch. I would guess it's due to the insane speed boost the NPC's got so that its just unbalanced the whole NPC game. The NPC ships can fly just as fast as a missile which is crazy, so I normally shoot when they are coming at me or on a circling path.

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truewildman wrote:

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ROBO1964 wrote:

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Sylia wrote:

Here's how they're working...

When you ever get lock on an enemy you can fire your missle at them and do about 1 blaster shot worth of damage.

The NPC's can instantly lock onto you and fire thier missles which will down your shields in two shots.

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I guess my 4000-8000 damage 1.02 to shield missiles must be a figment of my imagination or I have yet to come across that blaster you have. I can take an NPC shield out in 2 shots with mine easy.

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Thank you. My mk4 protons are 9700 damage, and my spacebombs are 21,000 damage.

They feel it....

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Sylia wrote:

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truewildman wrote:

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ROBO1964 wrote:

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Sylia wrote:

Here's how they're working...

When you ever get lock on an enemy you can fire your missle at them and do about 1 blaster shot worth of damage.

The NPC's can instantly lock onto you and fire thier missles which will down your shields in two shots.

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I guess my 4000-8000 damage 1.02 to shield missiles must be a figment of my imagination or I have yet to come across that blaster you have. I can take an NPC shield out in 2 shots with mine easy.

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Thank you. My mk4 protons are 9700 damage, and my spacebombs are 21,000 damage.

They feel it....

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Oh ... I see ... so .. so long as master pilots can use missles that do missle damage everythings fine.

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Huh?? You can use mk4 protons before master. Check your certs. Hit Ctrl-S, and take a look at the weapon certs in your components skill box.

Mk3 missiles also do considerable damage on the right targets (gunboats, heavy ships, bombers, etc). No, don't waste your money trying to hit maneuverable targets with a missile. You guns are far more effective. But, that goes without saying. You shouldn't be able to get a solid hit on a maneuverable target.

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truewildman wrote:

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Sylia wrote:

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truewildman wrote:

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ROBO1964 wrote:

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Sylia wrote:

Here's how they're working...

When you ever get lock on an enemy you can fire your missle at them and do about 1 blaster shot worth of damage.

The NPC's can instantly lock onto you and fire thier missles which will down your shields in two shots.

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I guess my 4000-8000 damage 1.02 to shield missiles must be a figment of my imagination or I have yet to come across that blaster you have. I can take an NPC shield out in 2 shots with mine easy.

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Thank you. My mk4 protons are 9700 damage, and my spacebombs are 21,000 damage.

They feel it....

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Oh ... I see ... so .. so long as master pilots can use missles that do missle damage everythings fine.

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Huh?? You can use mk4 protons before master. Check your certs. Hit Ctrl-S, and take a look at the weapon certs in your components skill box.

Mk3 missiles also do considerable damage on the right targets (gunboats, heavy ships, bombers, etc). No, don't waste your money trying to hit maneuverable targets with a missile. You guns are far more effective. But, that goes without saying. You shouldn't be able to get a solid hit on a maneuverable target.

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Message Edited by Sylia on 12-01-2004 12:14 PM