Player Features and Ideas Discussion

So you can adjust the velocity thereby increasing the range of missiles. How this would work in the interface is there would be a bar like the ship's velocity adjuster but it would be underneath that dial as a seperate part of the interface. It would then gradually become red to correspond with the time of flight until either the bar has filled for that volley or the missiles have been destroyed in some way (inc. being hit)

This feature already exists, and in much better fashion than what you have suggested. Like Dio said, why would you want to fire them at anything less than maximum velocity? The complaint that I hear the most about missiles is that they take so much longer to deal their damage than other weapon types. I'm assuming that you were thinking of having the slider BEGIN with the missile's base velocity, and the slider would therefore be used to increase the velocity from that point. Not only are there already modules and rigs that accomplish this, but those modules, and definitely the rigs, tend to come with some sort of drawback.

Your idea proposes no drawback what-so-ever. It's literally just free missile velocity adjustment on the fly. At least have the missiles experience a severe decrease in accuracy as the velocity is increased. But even then, the feature would still see little to no use because nobody wants fast missiles if they aren't going to hit anything. Sorry, but this is a definite -1. I see where you're coming from for this idea, but it's still a bad idea. Just take solace in the fact that at least this isn't the WORST idea to ever be posted to this forum. At least you aren't asking for pvp arenas...

Missile Guidance Computers (Mid slot, active) and Enhancers (Low slot, passive) and the missile rigs associated with velocity and flight time already do this. They're not the best in the world, but they are what you are essentially asking for. If you are looking for a non-drawback method for improving missile range, not in this game and not in this fashion. While I would personally love to see missiles get some better love than some of them have had as of lately, this isn't the way to do it.

It really would be hell to use anyway since your target move. Calculating the desired velocity / volley to get them on target at the same time would be impossible if the target make any maneuvers anyway.

Like the old cavalry Raven...

That was done by following your missiles. It only require you to hit approach and fly at the speed of your missile or close to it. Changing the speed of your missile yourself to achieve the same end result of multiple volley striking the target at the same time would require much more painful math and a hefty dose of luck with the movement of your target being "right" for the situation.

So then it wouldn't have the super alpha strike that the OP is looking for, but the missiles should hit in quicker succession regardless. How much quicker? No idea.

Currently, a ship has time to be repaired in between long range missile salvos... or to run away.

If a ship could time it's missile flights into a large single application of alpha damage, then the hope is that the ship exist to be repaired or flee.

The flip side is that the attacking ship is holding off on applying damage, so the target has more time to run away initially or deal with the missileship before damage is applied.



Personally, I think that there's less use for this in a solo situation, but if the idea could be broadened to incorporate shared missile flights, then we have an interesting new development in fleet actions.

--Gadget