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Heavy missile target range
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Rico Pazo
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-02-17 09:19:43 UTC
Hi,
my ship is Caracal and I'm using Arbalest heavy Assault Missile Launcher with heavy inferno missiles (125hp)
but currently my effective target range is just 15K, which is quite low.
if I fit in small missile launcher with small inferno missiles I get 40K target range!!!!
how can I increase my target range to 40K for heavy missiles?
cheers
Ransu Asanari
Perkone
Caldari State
#2 - 2015-02-17 10:44:45 UTC
Heavy Assault Missile Launchers are considered "short range" missiles. They do more damage, but have lower flight time, so their range is shorter.

Don't confuse your ship lock range with the optimal/effective range of your weapons. They are two completely different things.

If you want to increase your missile range:


  • Use Heavy Missile Launchers instead of Heavy Assault Missile Launchers. They are the long range variant. More information here.
  • Train the "Missile Bombardment" and "Missile Projection" skills to increase missile flight time and velocity (more information on skills here)
  • Use rigs to increase either the flight time or missile velocity. For example: Hydraulic Bay Thrusters I or Rocket Fuel Cache Partition I. More information here.
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#3 - 2015-02-17 11:41:55 UTC
t2 heavy assault missiles will go to 20-30(ish) depending on the hull and rigs in use, generally though they are used for close range brawling.

as mentioned Heavy Missile Launchers are longrange

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Bagatur I
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#4 - 2015-02-17 12:44:10 UTC
Missile range is a product of 2 values - maximum flight time and maximum velocity. You can increase both of them with better skills (Missile Bombardment and Missile Projection) and rigs (Rocket Fuel Cache Partition and Hydraulic Bay Thrusters).
HeXxploiT
Doomheim
#5 - 2015-02-17 18:26:45 UTC  |  Edited by: HeXxploiT
Rico Pazo wrote:
Hi,
my ship is Caracal and I'm using Arbalest heavy Assault Missile Launcher with heavy inferno missiles (125hp)
but currently my effective target range is just 15K, which is quite low.
if I fit in small missile launcher with small inferno missiles I get 40K target range!!!!
how can I increase my target range to 40K for heavy missiles?
cheers


I think you are looking for heavy missile launchers if you want range.
They won't have the same dps as heavy assault but the range is x3.
Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2015-02-17 23:40:46 UTC
There are two implant types that will help:

Zainou "Deadeye" Missile Bombardment MB701, MB703 etc
Zainou "Deadeye" Missile Projection MP701, MP703 etc