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Peter Raptor
Galactic Hawks
#1 - 2012-02-12 11:38:56 UTC
Tomorrow I will finally be able to fly the golem, now having watched quite a few youtube vids of players using the golem for lvl4 missions, I am intrigued why they always stack the missile launchers in the HUD.

Theres four missile launchers , and when you stack them, you can only fire one at a time, whats the point of having four launchers, if your only firing one at a time??

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Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#2 - 2012-02-12 13:08:49 UTC
when you stack you fire all at once. you only see one torpedo in the firering animation

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MarkyJ
#3 - 2012-02-12 13:44:15 UTC  |  Edited by: MarkyJ
Grouped or stacked guns/launchers effectively add the damge output of the modules together.
A golem with stacked launchers may look like it's only firing one torpedo but when that torpedo hits you find out that it's doing 4x the damage a single torpedo does.

Stacking weapons doesn't do anything to their damage output, it just makes module management much easier (and slightly reduces server load on CCPs end).
Peter Raptor
Galactic Hawks
#4 - 2012-02-12 15:52:10 UTC
The single torpedo animation I guess is the confusing part, thanks for clearing that up.

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Kaanchana
Tax-haven
#5 - 2012-02-16 01:46:40 UTC
and you are going to fly a golem? i can see it ending bad...

(on a helpful note, do u know the aggro mechanics/ ninja looters/ smart bomb rules etc etc)

Also i have flown it and golem is very unfriendly in missions over tengu.
SexTrader
LOst BrotherhoOd
#6 - 2012-02-16 20:50:17 UTC
Kaanchana wrote:
and you are going to fly a golem? i can see it ending bad...

(on a helpful note, do u know the aggro mechanics/ ninja looters/ smart bomb rules etc etc)

Also i have flown it and golem is very unfriendly in missions over tengu.



This.

A Golem is a very high cost and high maintenance mission ship compared to others.

Just my opinion, but WTF do I know.What?
Shukuzen Kiraa
Wildlands Tactical Response Unit
Out of the Blue.
#7 - 2012-02-18 21:13:23 UTC
Im sorry but if you didnt even know how stacking works, why the hell are you getting into a Marauder?
Mors Prima
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#8 - 2012-02-19 01:50:57 UTC
Although perhaps somewhat inelegantly, the other posters are trying to tell you that you might be putting the cart in front of the horse. Its a very common problem in EVE that players can pilot a ship, but can't really pilot it. There's a good chance that you might come to regret laying out the ISK for a Marauder and I'd recommend you taking another look at it. You really don't need anything more than a Drake to successfully run LVL 4 missions. In fact I've never used any other ship except a Drake to run my LVL 4's in. And I use a Drake out in Null for ratting as well, though I'm going to start using a Tengu soon. If you feel you need something bigger than a Drake, I'd say look at a Raven if you are set on not using a Drake.

But which ever ship you choose, don't mistake being able to pilot it with being able to actually fly it. Make sure you learn and skill up those supporting skills.