Missiles: Do they ever miss???

[Suicide Junkie]

Hey, the perfect accuracy is what makes seekers different from other weapons. If they could miss, you'd have just another WMG that can be shot down!

BTW, it was neat in SE3, how seekers would continue beyond their launching range. CSMs would follow you till combat ended , while plasma missiles would slowly decay until thier damage reached zero, then go 'poof'.

[This message has been edited by suicide_junkie (edited 01 May 2001).]

[Aussie Gamer]

Yes you can armour missiles, you have to just make a new component.

I think that all weapons have a chance to miss or what is the point of ECM and combat sensor except for direct fire weapons.
I beleive that this makes missiles completely unrealistic.
It is a "bug" because it is not the way missiles and ECM work in real life.

Missiles have a longer range than direct fire weapons but can be shoot down by point defence. That is the give for the longer range that equals the range out.
Giving them "110%" accuracy is too much!

[This message has been edited by Aussie Gamer (edited 01 May 2001).]

[Phoenix-D]

Bug: element of program that does not work as designed.

This ain't a bug (assuming they aren't supposed to miss).

SE4 isn't a real-life simulation. If it were, why does a missile launcher have unlimited ammo? For that matter, why is a bridge 10 kilotons? That's more than modern *ships*.

Besides, missile tech in SE4 could be substantially different from current missile tech.

Phoenix-D

[nerfman]

pheonix - It is not a bug, just a big *** oversight. Maybe you care to "balance" the game by keeping the rules as such, but it shouldn't be hardcoded.

Once more, it is preposterous that a race with superior electronic warfare capablities not be given an advantage in a missile duel. Simply put, it is much easier to jam a missile guidance package than an entire ship's sensor system. This should at least be able to be modded into the game.

[Aussie Gamer]

Isn't sci-fi based on real life but taken to the Nth degree.

It makes it more fun to play with things that are grounded in real life but are far advanced of our tech now.

I believe that ECM "Electronic Counter Measures!" would effect a missile more than a ship, as it does now in real life. If you fire a missile from a modern plane it is easier to deflect off target than a machine gun burst, missile v direct.

With advanced ECM you could stuff up an enemies targetting computer, eg B5 Humans V Mimbarie <most likely spelt wrong please excuse me>.

Missiles get the range bonus, so why give them the accuracy bonus as well.

Knowing this about needing Combat Sensors, I will be not bothering with it that much as I mainly use missiles in my ships early in the game.

A loss really to realism!!

[Phoenix-D]

Nerfman: Yup. Just a pet peeve :-)

Phoenix-D

[Nitram Draw]

I've alway wanted to see missile and seekers moddable. I think they are pretty much all alike in most respects. I thnk a few things should be changed.
They should be affected by ECM
They should have unlimited range
You should be able to change the damage that a missile can take before it is destroyed. As it is now I think you can only change the damage rating of the component.
They should have a limited amount of shots per combat round
If some or all of these could be added I think I would use missiles. As it is now they are useless after the first 50-100 turns because they are to easy to counter with PD.