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Praxis Ginimic
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-07-13 22:00:49 UTC
What are the main differences between rockets & missiles? What is the common preference and why?
Dradius Calvantia
Lip Shords
#2 - 2012-07-13 22:06:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Dradius Calvantia
Range versus damage for the most part. Rockets do more damage at shorter range.

As far as PVP goes, rockets are used 99% of the time (as most frigate pvp happens within rocket range anyway.) There are very few missile kitting set ups that work, but some one might be able to put together a fit for that (I have never come across it.)

In PVE, you're usually still better off with rockets. Frigs will be fast enough that the extra range is not really needed.

As a side note, rockets used to be completely useless as their explosion velocity was terrible. This was fixed a few years ago.
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-07-13 22:13:22 UTC
Each missile size has a short range and long range variant

Rockets are the short range variant of the small size.



Short range missiles - Also called Unguided missiles:

Small - Rockets

Medium - Heavy Assault Missiles (HAM)

Large - Torpedo


Long range missiles - Also called Guided Missiles:

Small - Light missiles

Medium - Heavy missiles

Large - Cruise missiles

*Guided missiles also have their own skill: Guided MIssile Precision

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cratais
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2012-07-14 03:14:48 UTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeregOTWVEk

This will give you a better undestanding how missles work
malaire
#5 - 2012-07-14 07:19:32 UTC
Dradius Calvantia wrote:
In PVE, you're usually still better off with rockets. Frigs will be fast enough that the extra range is not really needed.

I prefer light missiles for level 1 missions. Staying at 20+km allows me to avoid most damage.

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