An option to ignore missiles when you press the target next hostile key would be nice, since at the moment they don't seem to despawn but instead fly 5km or so away and just sit there and mess up your target key whilst not being an actual threat.
Ignore Missiles
- Thread starter Trinity Star
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Would be good, but then NPCs would also ignore missiles as highest threat, and forum salt would likely follow.
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What's the point, anyway? Can I shoot them down or something?
I agree.
Ignoring missiles should be the default setting.
Targeting them is completely useless.
Short answer is yes!
Frag cannon - screening shell effect.
You can indeed, I don't have a video unfortunately, but one of my most fun times was flying an imperial eagle in a combat zone, hearing "Incoming missile" FA off flipping, and flying backwards while shooting at them, with my shields down after a rail gun hit just before the missile warning.
Was intense, managed to shoot down all three missiles, and super cruise out of there.
I just used target ahead though, so removing the highest threat thing would be totally spot on! it's really annoying, as missiles are... never the highest threat to me honestly.
Not in a Cobra. But I do agree, it is very frustrating, especially if you have a point defence fitted. There should be a default setting, that tells the ship, 'the PD has got them, so ignore and move on'.
It's a tad silly that your ship decides that a missile 5km away is a greater threat than the Anaconda and two Vultures currently shooting at you.
Some method of filtering and prioritising what counts as a threat would be very helpful.
Some method of filtering and prioritising what counts as a threat would be very helpful.
Yes. Missiles, mines, and torpedoes can be shot down.
Not if you are in a slow ship, have a seeker launcher and are facing someone with cascade torpedoes.
Despite the description screening shell is not particularly useful for shooting down missiles...doesn't mean other weapons aren't.
Agreed.
I am really sick of targetting Missiles while a NPC slightly further away is tearing my shields down. Have to hit "cycle through Targets" until I locked him instead, which is tedious.
dayrth
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Gets my vote.
Make it so, FD! Pretty please, with sugar on top.