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Rammes lol
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-02-23 08:50:55 UTC
Never really fond a use for them but does anyone know what Auto-locking Missiles (formally call FoF) are for? Never seen a way to implement them or is it something to just add to the scrap pile of broke ****.

If you find yourself in a fair fight in EvE your tactics suck!!!
sabre906
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-02-23 08:52:32 UTC
Rammes lol wrote:
Never really fond a use for them but does anyone know what Auto-locking Missiles (formally call FoF) are for? Never seen a way to implement them or is it something to just add to the scrap pile of broke ****.


Pve with ECM rats, and soon, TD.
Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-02-23 09:59:59 UTC
sabre906 wrote:
Rammes lol wrote:
Never really fond a use for them but does anyone know what Auto-locking Missiles (formally call FoF) are for? Never seen a way to implement them or is it something to just add to the scrap pile of broke ****.


Pve with ECM rats, and soon, TD.


Or if you are too cool to even bother with targetting.
Kery Nysell
#4 - 2013-02-23 20:05:20 UTC
If they stop targeting random structures that don't aggro you, that is ...

I've long tried to make those work against ECMing Guristas, but with the reload time and the random aggro, not worth it, counter ECM modules work ten thousand times better.

Unless CCP changed something in their target-aquisition routines, those are utter tosh.

...
Barrogh Habalu
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2013-02-23 21:20:10 UTC
sabre906 wrote:
Pve with ECM rats, and soon, TD.

> Implying TD mess with your ability to lock stuff.

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Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2013-02-23 23:52:30 UTC
I also use them in Cosmic Anomalies, warp in, get agro, turn launchers on, go have a snack. Works great in hideouts and refuges, but not in the more advanced anomalies like Forlom Hideaway, etc.

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Eat dessert first!
Trinkets friend
Sudden Buggery
Sending Thots And Players
#7 - 2013-02-24 00:17:40 UTC
Are YOU in a Drake or a Caracal
Are YOU always being pointed by double-damp hookbills or Mauluses?
Are YOU unable to target them?
Do YOU hate FALCONS!?!

Then Auto-targeting missiles are for you!

For the princely sum of 9 ISK per unit for Lights, 25 ISK per unit for Heavies, YOU, spacenerd, can surprise the buttsechs out of a Falcon or dampy kitey mother-loving kitey frigate, by actually hitting him without locking him!

That's right, auto-targeting missiles allow you to retaliate even in situations where you are unable to gain a lock!

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Steve Spooner
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#8 - 2013-02-25 08:45:54 UTC
Too bad they ram themselves in to the nearest object in space.
Kasutra
No Vacancies
No Vacancies.
#9 - 2013-02-25 09:04:38 UTC
Steve Spooner wrote:
Too bad they ram themselves in to the nearest object in space.

Make sure that object is a baddie.
feihcsiM
THE B0YS
#10 - 2013-02-25 09:50:38 UTC
Most often used by the AFK plexing Tengu crowd.
Warp in, orbit something, rest something heavy on F1, go do stuff.
Yes it's bad and you should feel bad.

The only time I ever used them was in a drake against a falcon & cane. They spent the entire fight trying to pop a light drone Sad

It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
Carniflex
StarHunt
Mordus Angels
#11 - 2013-02-25 10:31:45 UTC
feihcsiM wrote:
Most often used by the AFK plexing Tengu crowd.
Warp in, orbit something, rest something heavy on F1, go do stuff.
Yes it's bad and you should feel bad.

The only time I ever used them was in a drake against a falcon & cane. They spent the entire fight trying to pop a light drone Sad


As far as I'm aware that paperweight on F1 no longer works. Have not tried with FoF, but I tried the other day when I had a longer distance to autopilot, so MWD under F1 and something on the key. Did not work anymore, unfortunately. I would assume its the same for launchers now.

But yeah, other than paperwight some people use them for PvE. does not make much sense if you have only couple of accounts as then you would be still better off with using guns, but somewhere at 3+ accounts they start to make sense. If you throw, say, 5 Tengus at something with FoF then the fact that some very high HP structures happen to be closer than what you want to shoot is no longer such a huge issue, if the tengurs are wearing it down at combined ~2500 dps. Eats ammo like a pig through as you will be wasting helluva lot of ammo in the form of overkill volleys. They do shoot the nearest things afterall. All of them.

It's still not really AFK acticity. Launchers get empty in few minutes. For AFK activity you use drone boat with sentries and put a armor repper on each of them. Dominix, for example.

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Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#12 - 2013-02-25 12:06:25 UTC
They are for shitting all over Mauluses, griffins and other such pests

You should always carry some for pvp.

BYDI recruitment closed-ish

Janna Windforce
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#13 - 2013-02-25 12:07:10 UTC
It just sucks that there are no FoF rockets and torpedoes. I don't really care for PvE and correct me if I am wrong but those missiles don't go after gates?
Rockets: PvP killmail whoring or drone killing
Torpedoes: extra oomph for bombers (drop bomb + volley and gtfo), although those torps would need to explode even without you being on grid
Rammes lol
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2013-02-25 13:12:43 UTC
what about defender missels never used them eather. whats the point to have?

If you find yourself in a fair fight in EvE your tactics suck!!!
Drake Doe
88Th Tax Haven
#15 - 2013-02-25 14:01:05 UTC
"Do you want to hinder that missile boat while maintaining a heavy shield tank? If so defender missiles are for you! Found everywhere in new eden for w low price they can be yours today!"

-disclaimer: they're only viable on shield tanked missile boats and to slightly lower that raven's volley because you were drunk enough to put heavy missile launchers on your megathron

"The homogenization of EVE began when Gallente and Caldari started sharing a weapon system."---Vermaak Doe-- "Ohh squabbles ohh I love my dust trolls like watching an episode of Maury with less " Is he my Dad " but more of " My Neighbor took a dump on my lawn " good episode! pops more corn" ---Evernub--
Trinkets friend
Sudden Buggery
Sending Thots And Players
#16 - 2013-02-25 14:25:53 UTC
Defenders work best against cruise missiles, heavies, and the like. They cycle rarely, and only will shoot down a missile if it is in flight long enough for the defenders to cycle. Best packed into LML's or roflket launchers.

I did hear of a Falcon pilot doing Incursions with defenders to fend off the Sansha torps.

But usually if it is a roflket boat, torp boat or someone with HAMs their missiles will hit you before the Defender cycles.

Generally considered **** on a bull useless.

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Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#17 - 2013-02-25 15:11:42 UTC
Those are BS, not only they do whatever they want but dmg output is lol
C'mon fkin missiles trying to kill drones when the real threat is the ship using them?

How hard it is to make those hit for 150% dmg only when jam/damp and auto hit the jamming/damping ship on you?

Hardcode anyone?

I can't I'm too lazy

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