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I also want to say nice job on the missile effects. Still not digging the sounds, though.

Also, the cruise missiles kinda just go from straight up to straight forward from the launchers unlike torpedoes which when launched do an arch before headind to the target, looks weird.

Ok looks like Mjolnir Citadel Torps aren't finished yet.

Judging by rockets and citadel torps looks like regular torps might launch three missiles at once too.

Man a stealth bomber is going to look like it exploded everytime it fires off a salvo.

Looks great. Only trouble is on some of the vessels the hardpoint locations are odd, like the Raven. It also looks a bit odd on the Manticore because the base for the launcher is flat instead of slanted, which means that if you have a missile reloading it looks like it's materialized from nowhere. >_>

Hey guys, this is my personal feedback and opinions about the new missile effects. It should also be noted that I have only tested heavy missiles and cruise missiles.

Pros

• The missile explosion effects for the various different types of missiles are in my opinion spot on.
• I can’t express how good it is to actually see a real salvo of missiles rather than one bright dot moving.
• I love how the missiles seem to have a semi randomised movement/path, things such as a slight zig-zag at times. It looks like the missiles are making small adjustments to their flight path when in flight. Improvements or refinements on this would be amazing.

Cons

• In some cases I feel the smoke effects following the missiles seem too dark ( I feel the smoke should be a lighter colour).
• It is incredibly hard to see any missiles or missile effects zoomed out except the missile impact/explosion effects.
• The launcher locations on some ships look weird in some cases. Particularly the drake, I wouldn’t say the drake looks bad with the new launchers but it looks ‘odd’. I always assumed the drake’s model included missile launchers, and the new missile launchers appear to be placed on top of the existing model missile launchers. In my opinion I think the drake needs some very slight work on its model to replace the existing model missile launchers with appropriate hardpoints for the new missile launchers.
• Cruise missiles appear to have a somewhat jagged launch animation, compared to torpedo/heavy missile launchers. In my opinion they should launch from the ship straight for a little bit then re direct their path towards their target.

This is what I can think of right now, I will probably have some more to add later.

Drakes seventh launcher is assymetrical. Looks very wierd and disturbing. Assuming that the models doesn't even has visual hardpoints was it so difficult to place it in the middle of the hull and not right side?

Ok now that the initial wow factor has worn off, lets see the new missile effects in new light.

I don't know how I missed this.

BUT THE MISSILE DO NOT HAVE MODELS!
It's all trail and no missile.

You can now look at the missile models in the show info panel of the various missiles.
But they don't appear when fired.

Also
Guristas Missile NPCs have only one launcher.
So the battleship is armed only with one single torpedo launcher that fires rapidly.
This needs to change.

With turrets, placing the turrets in different slots puts them on different locations on the ship. Mess around a little?

I have yet to try it out as I'm still not activated on sisi, but from what I hear and read there seems to be issues with the ship models that already have launchers on the model and with the added "new" launchers.

Why not take the existing model and tweak it so that the new missiles come out of those launchers? That way, ships like the Drake would finally actually use the launchers you gave them from the beginning.

A few pics:

Tengu with HMLs
HAM Legion
HAM Legion firing