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that they might have to look at ewar modules and balancing those and making a pass at ewar balancing.

That is going to bring a lot of positive/negative feedback when they.. i.e. if they add those in, they might actually have to make ecm one module and boost the multispectral ecm to current levels of the other ecm types to make it equal to other current ewar, instead of having to pack 6 for a rainbow fit on a falcon/scorpion and use a single plate for tank.

I think he means like every other Ewar, in which case he is correct. Every ewar except Tracking computers and these new modules work on every ship in the game that isnt ewar immune. It would be a massive oversight in balancing its actual usefulness if you needed diffrent mods. And the simple solution to the number one complaint here (that all ships will fit a Weapon disruptor) is that you debonus the module and add bonuses to the hull to compensate.

TRACKING disrupters reduce the effectiveness of a hostile ships TRACKING, a missiles that explode dont track anything and fuel/speed for the missile dont need any tracking either

Yeah i think i am on board with the separate mods now. It would probably be too op if it was one mod that disrupts all weapons.

ECM - Is balanced by being racial specific
Damps - range damps can be mitigated by getting close to the target
Tracking/missile disruption - will be balanced by bringing alternative weapon system

Seems fine.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_guidance


I have a nice little post a few pages back with explanation of you like.

All these are used to make the missile hit the target, since missiles always hit when in range (ingame) we can ignore those 3 things.

shouldnt be that bad with cruse and those tps will massively help your drones.

Every time they add modifier like those disruptor to the equation of missile balancing it makes the damn thing even more of a clusterfuck to balance.

This is just a blurb attempting to explain some major differences in missile theory and why "hard scifi" generally does things the way they do. Hopefully it will explain why interfering with the ship is more likely than actually messing directly with the missiles.

On a planetary body missiles eventually cap out in size as technology advances. Once you have a powerplant capable of traveling the diameter of the planet you dont really need more range. Thus you can design missiles to be self contained "smart" weapons as you miniaturize the power system. Maximum size is always a concern however because of atmospheric flight issues and the fact that you have a gravity well. Navigation is also considerably easier as you have a fixed body to run any positioning by.

In space... all these tricks go away and mass of missiles is no longer a significant concern. This is a massively radical shift in both methods and technology needed. This is furthur compounded by the fact that a ship will always have superior sensors, computers, and telemetry than a missile. Generally in a space situation the firing ship would become the "anchor" for navigation purposes. The ships superior optics and sensors would become the eyes on the long trip to the target. All the missile has to do is maintain link with its ship and accelerate like mad. Once its limited optics and computer systems is within range to be effective youd only have seconds left anyway.

Thus in many ways a missile in space will most likely have more in common with a "fly by wire" missile system than it does with an actual smart weapon on earth today. The majority of its flight will be controlled by the ship that launched it until it can acquire its target itself.

Thus.. as in most hard scifi.. the means to stop yourself from getting hit revolve around making the ship harder to acquire(signature) and screwing with the telemetry systems of the firing ship(disruptors). The eve universe carries on this tradition of jam the ship not the missile in lore. It seems weird but it actually has foundations in logic and design theory. Space changes many of the ways you look at doing things.

need to buff their damage if your going to make them target disrupt-able.

not powerful enough due to the fact it's the only system that requires time to hit the target.....