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Thread: How do Weapon Tuning and Weapon Overload affect missiles?
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xtxShifter
Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:20 pm
#1
Do they simply modify the reactor drain of the launchers? Or do they modify missile damages?
Ducimus
Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:49 am
#3
Makes me wonder what tuning does. Its supposed to reduce the energy per shot with blasters but also reduces the weapons damage. Of course, thats one command no one uses. So who knows what it will do wtih missles, if anything.
Message Edited by Ducimus on 04-18-2005 08:50 AM
Kyyrtek
Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:52 am
#4
Sar-larid wrote:Weapon Overload DOES increase missile damage.
Wow - didnt know about this one.
I do know that if youre not running reactor overload, and your reactor is near max while you are running weapon overload/cap overload/ engine overload, in various combinations, the first thing I lose power from is my missle launcher. When I go to fire missles I will get a 'weapon disabled' system message.
SheenaBrelya
Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:05 am
#5
Kyyrtek wrote:
I do know that if youre not running reactor overload, and your reactor is near max while you are running weapon overload/cap overload/ engine overload, in various combinations, the first thing I lose power from is my missle launcher. When I go to fire missles I will get a 'weapon disabled' system message.
If you look at your Ship Components screen, the components are disabled from the bottom up when you do not have enough Energy, until enough components have been disabled that there is enough Energy for the components left running.
Shona
psikobunny
Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:11 am
#6
Sar-larid wrote:
Weapon Overload DOES increase missile damage.
I'd really prefer a more detailed answer before I buy into this. How'd you test it?
Ducimus
Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:06 pm
#7
Well i can tell you this much, the repair bill for 1 L10, 1L8 and 3 IR's is 36 credits after running WO3.
Its closer to 18ish credits if the missles tubes are not on board.
Its closer to 18ish credits if the missles tubes are not on board.
Washell
Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:51 pm
#8
psikobunny wrote:
Sar-larid wrote:
Weapon Overload DOES increase missile damage.
I'd really prefer a more detailed answer before I buy into this. How'd you test it?
2 mark 3 protons on a 'vette component without: component damaged
2 mark 3 protons on a 'vette component with: component destroyed.
Sar-larid
Mon Apr 18, 2005 5:57 pm
#9
Washell wrote:
psikobunny wrote:
Sar-larid wrote:
Weapon Overload DOES increase missile damage.
I'd really prefer a more detailed answer before I buy into this. How'd you test it?
2 mark 3 protons on a 'vette component without: component damaged
2 mark 3 protons on a 'vette component with: component destroyed.
There's my answer, heh.
MWJ
Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:19 pm
#11
Is that just 1 run through? Missiles do have a range of damage, which includes a low end.
TomoRainer
Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:00 am
#12
I can't tell you how it was done because I wasn't the one who tested it, but some of the guys in our tactics division came to the same conclusion about WO affecting missile damage. I'll try to get some more useful information about it.
Imaridril
Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:01 am
#13
Another way to tell is by looking at the math in PvP. I use dual Image Rec II missile launchers on my KSE. The missiles are 2782-4703 damage, .41/.41. Without Weapon Overload, the max damage both of those missiles could do in PvP would be 2892. That's not enough to one-shot someone who's using a Level 8 reward shield, however from my experience in PvP, if both of my missiles hit, my opponent's chassis drops to 0% the vast majority of the time. Thus Weapon Overload must be raising the damage of the missiles and not just that of the guns.
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