Ships & Modules

Fine. Train guns now.

Make a build that flies fast enough to keep up with your missiles, so that by the time they all get to your target you have 5 volleys hitting at once.

That would definitely not be boring. It would be born of awesome.


p.s.
I don't like missiles much either. That's why I trained guns, eh.

Don't think this is possible anymore. Used to be though, Cavalry Ravens xD

I've made a change of plan. I'm going to turn my SNI into a cap stable uber-tank with mediocre DPS to supplement my alt in a Thrasher. Running 2 clients should make things a bit more exciting and hopefully more efficient too. I think having a Thrasher will work well because I can use it to loot wrecks too.

What happened to your neck?

I thought that had to do with being able to get ludicrous ranges with Torps, align towards the enemy, fire off a volley, warp to the enemy, and have your second volley fire and hit at the same time as the first.

Either way, Torp Cavalry ftw

Multiple MWDs. Not just for BLOPs.

I for one enjoy long range missiles a lot. Very sci-fi, especially with the new missile effects. BSG anyone?

Are you talking about PvP or PvE?

In PvP a lot manual piloting is involved when you fly solo or very small gang. Not because of missiles. It's because of combat tactics as a whole. Getting into scram range if you fly a brawling ship. Staying out of scram range if you're kiting. Keeping transversal high to turret ships. Staying out of range in case snipers are involved. Kiting of drones while keeping tackle on a drone ship...and so on. It becomes more complex if you fight outnumbered. Separating groups to make them manageable for a lone pilot alone involves a lot of manual, smart piloting.

If you talk about PvE...then yeah. It becomes stale over time. But from my experience with every weapon type. I used missiles, drones, lasers, rails and projectile guns when I did missions. Tbh I enjoyed missiles most in PvE because of the micromanagement involved. Destroying NPCs with the last volley while the next is underway to the next target already. Navigating manually to control aggro - important in harder PvE environments. But with time all this gets boring because you do the same thing over and over. You cannot blame missiles for it. That's the difference to PvP imho. In PvP you never know what will happen the moment you undock.

If you like PvE but want some more excitement...I'd suggest to add a PvP component in your PvE. Do complexes in low or null sec. More reward + more risk = more excitement.

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