[Hotfoot]

Originally posted by Pedronius:
Personally, I'd like to see more missile mounts, like in MOO2 - armoured, ECCM, etc... This way they wont' become obsolete so early in the game.

How about smaller "swarmer" missiles, with a lower payload, but harder to hit, and a higher refire rate?

I would like to see the following sort of dynamic:

Laser PD: Long range, high accuracy, low damage
Kinetic PD: Short range, lower accuracy, high damage
Missile PD: Medium range, moderate accuracy, medium damage

Or that sort of thing, anyway.

Meanwhile, a hardened missile would be capable of taking numerous hits from a Laser PD without being destroyed, but fall prey to a Kinetic defense with just one shot, maybe taking two shots from a missile defense to destroy it. Swarmers would die to everything easily, but only if they hit, and even then, only one at a time. The Laser PD would be the only truly effective defense against such a barrage. Meanwhile, fighters would be easy prey for the missile defense, harrassed by the laser defense, and in extreme danger from the kinetic defense.

Just some thoughts, some of it has undoubtedly been done before, but hey.