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why no auto targeting assault missiles?
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Crying Assassin
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2017-02-18 16:00:28 UTC
as above it would seem light,heavy and cruise have auto targeting but not assault

why?
Amanda Creire-Geng
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2017-02-18 16:15:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Amanda Creire-Geng
Same reason why rockets and torpedoes don't have auto-targeting either. The harder-hitting missile types in each tier are not meant to be ECM counters.
Lugh Crow-Slave
#3 - 2017-02-19 07:33:05 UTC
because it is old and outdated and they haven't seen a balance in over a decade

BLOPS Hauler
The 16.8km Bubble
Ix Method
Doomheim
#4 - 2017-02-19 12:09:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Ix Method
MIssiles used to be split into Guided and Unguided types, the LIghts/Heavies/Cruise focused towards hitting reliably, Rockets/HAMs/Torps towards doing better damage but with shite application and range. Suppose FOF fit in better with the former than the latter.

Aren't they utterly broken anyway? IIRC when I was new tried doing missions with them and they shot structures and rocks and stuff.

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Wolfgang Jannesen
Scrapyard Artificer's
#5 - 2017-02-19 14:47:47 UTC
Amanda Creire-Geng wrote:
Same reason why rockets and torpedoes don't have auto-targeting either. The harder-hitting missile types in each tier are not meant to be ECM counters.
Salvos Rhoska
#6 - 2017-02-19 15:02:38 UTC
Wolfgang Jannesen wrote:
Amanda Creire-Geng wrote:
Same reason why rockets and torpedoes don't have auto-targeting either. The harder-hitting missile types in each tier are not meant to be ECM counters.



Thanks for the empty quote.

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