Enhanced Missiles

[Gryphorim]

The latest Newsletter (#121) mentions improvements to missile and torpedo weapons. Does this mean we'll be seeing the larger launchers, as shown in this concept art?

 

[Ian Skippy]

We don't know.

 

[MarcusKross]

Class 3 and 4 missile racks and torpedo pylons? Probably not.

It will be a very very pleasant surprise if that happens.

 

[Chris Simon]

tbh, missiles in larger hardpoints don't make much sense to me. There are better uses for them.

 

[Synergized]

So is the class 4 torpedo like a nuke?

 

[Conch]

tbh, missiles in larger hardpoints don't make much sense to me. There are better uses for them.

i wouldnt mind having a double size 4 packhound missle rack on my corvette.
even now using the size 2 before 2.1 is fun, altho they dont do damage..

 

[fruitbat]

I'm hoping that they might become a viable candidate for the class one slots on the corvette after the upgrade.

Good for things trying to run away with low hull left.

 

[Ashnak]

tbh, missiles in larger hardpoints don't make much sense to me. There are better uses for them.

Capital ships? Big ships, like the T9 or the Cutter? Anything big enough not to worry about the mass, and slow enough having to rely on self-targeting weapons. Ok, currently those slots are filled by the big turrets - probably (I haven't flown one of the big ones yet) because the current crop of missiles is pretty useless. But if a single huge torpedo is capable of taking down something like a Vulture or FAS, it might look differently.

 

[Gryphorim]

I think it'd be cool if the Huge torpedo is only used for a military career mission, that requires fairly high initial rank and is an assault on an opposing faction's capital ship. You get one shot, but you cripple the capital ship if it connects. If youu miss, you're doing it the hard way...