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Assault Launchers???
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Battle Nova
Terran Republic Medical Corp
#1 - 2012-05-03 12:07:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Battle Nova
I think there are suppose to have 8 kinds of missile launchers:

Small --- Rocket and Standard Missile

Medium --- Heavy Assault Missile and Heavy Missile

Large --- Torpedo and Cruise Missile

X-Large --- Citadel Torpedo and Citadel Cruise Missile

However, there is an extra kind of missile launcher --- Assault Launcher.

I am just curious what kind of ship will use Assault Missile Launcher? Question
illirdor
Upper Class Goat
#2 - 2012-05-03 12:18:12 UTC
of what i know they are meant to go on cruisers as a anti frig weapon :)

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Death Toll007
Perkone
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-05-03 12:20:25 UTC
They are a medium missile launcher that fire standard missiles faster than a standard missile launcher. Loads of fun if frig hunting.

-DT
Cedo Nulli
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2012-05-03 12:32:18 UTC
They exist solely to make someone fly a caracal ever.
Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#5 - 2012-05-03 14:47:32 UTC
Assaults are cruiser based. With maxed SP in missiles the caracel launches missiles like a machine gun.

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Battle Nova
Terran Republic Medical Corp
#6 - 2012-05-03 18:47:25 UTC
So, what ships have the skill bonus on Assault Launchers? How is usage of the Assault Launchers in PVE or PVP? Widely or rarely?
Kalli Brixzat
#7 - 2012-05-03 21:54:42 UTC
Battle Nova wrote:
So, what ships have the skill bonus on Assault Launchers? How is usage of the Assault Launchers in PVE or PVP? Widely or rarely?


Used in both PvE and PvP...but they really shine in PvE vs. frigs/destroyers. Basically designed specifically for the Caracal since almost nothing else should fit them EVER.

I've had a lot of fun smoking flotillas of frigates with my Caracal.
Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#8 - 2012-05-03 23:03:43 UTC
Cedo Nulli wrote:
They exist solely to make someone fly a caracal ever.

this

I should buy an Ishtar.
Sunviking
Doomheim
#9 - 2012-05-04 08:06:18 UTC
100mn Tengu can fit a full rack of 6 Assault Launchers. Arguably as useful for PvP as the 5-launcher Heavy Missile fits you see around.

With a RoF of 3seconds and 440DPS, they are the true Frigate-Killers.
Le'Mon Tichim
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2012-05-04 13:37:41 UTC
Correct me if I'm wrong, but now don't they also encompass HAMs now, too?

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Joran Dravius
Doomheim
#11 - 2012-05-04 15:39:50 UTC
Battle Nova wrote:
I am just curious what kind of ship will use Assault Missile Launcher? Question

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ACE81
Sacred Sacrifice
#12 - 2012-05-05 03:23:42 UTC  |  Edited by: ACE81
You want to see fun put them on a Cerberus :P

[Cerberus, T2 AML navybcus]
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System

10MN Afterburner II
Invulnerability Field II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II

Assault Missile Launcher II, Trauma Fury Light Missile
Assault Missile Launcher II, Trauma Fury Light Missile
Assault Missile Launcher II, Trauma Fury Light Missile
Assault Missile Launcher II, Trauma Fury Light Missile
Assault Missile Launcher II, Trauma Fury Light Missile
[empty high slot]

Medium Core Defence Field Purger I
Medium Core Defence Field Purger I

3.6 sec ROF 310dps 85k range 8440ms Velocity
ELECTR0FREAK
#13 - 2012-05-05 14:13:49 UTC  |  Edited by: ELECTR0FREAK
With the missile revamp in 2005 (see my signature), battleships could no longer torpedo frigates in 1 shot, and since destroyers hadn't been introduced yet (I think that was in 2006) there had to be a means of killing frigates without fitting standard missile launchers (now light missile launchers) on cruisers or battleships. Since missile battleships were not intended to be effective versus both frigates and cruisers any longer, missile cruisers were given an anti-frigate weapon.

Assault Launchers are now called Rapid Light Missile Launchers in-game; naming changes haven't been updated in the EVElopedia.

It really is funny to hear people these days complain about how overpowered this or that is. Back in the early days, if you ran into a Kestrel fitted with cruise launchers (yes, cruise launchers) in a frigate, you were screwed, and that was that.

Or if a fleet of frigates tackled a Raven with torps, it just instapopped all of them, since torpedoes did AoE damage. There was no chance-based ECM... if the number of ECM points of your modules exceeded the sensor strength of the opposing ship, it was permajammed. And so on and so forth... it was a crazy time to be playing this game!

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Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#14 - 2012-05-05 14:21:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Daniel Plain
ELECTR0FREAK wrote:
With the missile revamp in 2005 (see my signature), battleships could no longer torpedo frigates in 1 shot, and since destroyers hadn't been introduced yet (I think that was in 2006) there had to be a means of killing frigates without fitting standard missile launchers (now light missile launchers) on cruisers or battleships. Since missile battleships were not intended to be effective versus both frigates and cruisers any longer, missile cruisers were given an anti-frigate weapon.

Assault Launchers are now called Rapid Missile Launchers in-game; naming changes haven't been updated in the EVElopedia.

It really is funny to hear people these days complain about how overpowered this or that is. Back in the early days, if you ran into a Kestrel fitted with cruise launchers (yes, cruise launchers) in a frigate, you were screwed, and that was that.

Or if a fleet of frigates tackled a Raven with torps, it just instapopped all of them, since torpedoes did AoE damage. There was no chance-based ECM... if the number of ECM points of your modules exceeded the sensor strength of the opposing ship, it was permajammed. And so on and so forth... it was a crazy time to be playing this game!

those were the days

I should buy an Ishtar.
Boomhaur
#15 - 2012-05-05 18:24:03 UTC
Yup those were the days unfortunately I joined after the whole friagates being able to have torpedos on them, that would have been fun. I joined a month or two before they released the drake. About the time one should be skilling up for one was right when it was released. Back than the drake wasn't OMG it's overpowered nerf it nerf it attitude with it. It was a, ohh it has a good tank, good for you but good luck killing anything with it kind of attitude.

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James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2012-05-07 02:11:22 UTC
Sunviking wrote:
100mn Tengu can fit a full rack of 6 Assault Launchers.

So can the Legion. ;)

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Alexa Coates
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2012-05-07 02:57:05 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
Sunviking wrote:
100mn Tengu can fit a full rack of 6 Assault Launchers.

So can the Legion. ;)

except the legion is made of pure failium, and would have to sacrifice its tank to get any decent dps.

That's a Templar, an Amarr fighter used by carriers.
Mike Whiite
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#18 - 2012-05-07 07:04:30 UTC
Kalli Brixzat wrote:
Battle Nova wrote:
So, what ships have the skill bonus on Assault Launchers? How is usage of the Assault Launchers in PVE or PVP? Widely or rarely?


Used in both PvE and PvP...but they really shine in PvE vs. frigs/destroyers. Basically designed specifically for the Caracal since almost nothing else should fit them EVER.

I've had a lot of fun smoking flotillas of frigates with my Caracal.



They shine in PvP as well, FW has lots of uses for Caracal's, master Frigate and Dessie killer
Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#19 - 2012-05-07 18:27:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Daniel Plain
Mike Whiite wrote:
Kalli Brixzat wrote:
Battle Nova wrote:
So, what ships have the skill bonus on Assault Launchers? How is usage of the Assault Launchers in PVE or PVP? Widely or rarely?


Used in both PvE and PvP...but they really shine in PvE vs. frigs/destroyers. Basically designed specifically for the Caracal since almost nothing else should fit them EVER.

I've had a lot of fun smoking flotillas of frigates with my Caracal.



They shine in PvP as well, FW has lots of uses for Caracal's, master Frigate and Dessie killer

tempted to get a FW alt :/

edit: how does fw pay in comparison to grinding up lvl4s?

I should buy an Ishtar.
Cedo Nulli
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#20 - 2012-05-07 19:31:06 UTC
Mike Whiite wrote:


They shine in PvP as well, FW has lots of uses for Caracal's, master Frigate and Dessie killer



Maybe abit overstated when you say "shine" ... They get get blown out of the sky by anything bigger then frigate/dessy ... And theres tons of cruisers/battlecruisers flying about.

Obviously nothing wrong with BCs smoking a lower shipclass but other cruisers will allso make short work of it.

Kinda slow ... kinda paper ... kinda low dps ... just like allmost every caldari ship essentially ^^
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