Player Features and Ideas Discussion

From the description tab of a rocket launcher:

"A tiny launcher that can carry a very limited supply of rockets. Not really intended as a primary weapon but rather as a cheap supplementary weapon system."

Now that part always puzzled me somehow and except for some edge cases it is usually a better option to fit light missiles instead unless you run into powergrid problems.

I think it is time for a public relations campaign for rockets and a renaming alonside with some small changes to them. First of all the name.
My proposal here comes from the medium launchers and doesn't include a change to the missle but a simple cosmetic change.
Instead of the name Rocket Launcher they become Light Assault Missile Launchers.

Following the example of the Heavy Assault Missile Launchers a clip size increase wouldn't hurt either and instead of 50 light assault missiles in a tech2 launcher, 60 (or 66?) would do just that.


With a scary new name I thought we could actually make them an actual missile while we are at it:


Light Assault Missiles (currently rockets) get a base damage increase of 25% (or even 50%?) and a flight time increase from 2 to 3 seconds.

An increase of 25% to the base Light Assault Missile (currently known as rocket) will push it from 33hp to 41,25hp damage and a 50% increase would push it from 33hp to 49.5hp base damage.
As comparison a light missile has a base damage of 88hp.


The rest of the Light Assault Missile attributes remain the same.

Rockets just don't sound that intimidating. Maybe you don't fly Caldari but my favorite 'birds' need to get in scram range first to do that and I wanted to give javelin ones a little more pffffshhhh.

so you want to unbalance what is probably the most balanced if not the only balanced missile system?

the reason it is normally better to fit light missiles is because light missiles either need a range Nerf or an application nerf

not because rockets need a buff

So your saying that rockets can not have any guidance systems?
"Rocket" thats used as weapon is generaly considered a missile, but it is still a rocket

Okay, so you see them as balanced and light missiles not so much. You know that I value your opinion and I am a little sad that the only missile boat I can see rockets work is not a Caldari one.

Harvey, why do you always want to nerf the range on everything?

Rockets, hams and torpedoes were all thecnicaly guided, they would follow the target unlike bombs (no guidance systems)
Guided Missile Precision was the name of a skill that used to only work on the long range missiles, the fuckup in name did not make the other missiles ungided. Short range missile launchers still dont have FOF missiles (Auto target)

Yes, that's why I said they 'used to' as in past tense.

Thats why i corrected it, the short range missiles were guided even if "guided missile precision" didnt not apply to them.
The only unguided missiles i can remember EvE having is bombs, rest of the missiles actualy follow the target and ofc they have some sort of guidance systems making them guided missiles

I agree, drones, being fitting free and not having the same issues as guns or missiles, largely break the game's design philosophy.