Care to elaborate why your suggestion is superior?

My idea would not change the base functionality of the weapon. Yours would.

And please tell me why it sounds so frustrating.

The burden of proof is on both of us, my friend. We're both making claims here.


Well that's how a Swarm Launcher do. They fly in the general direction of their target, with varying degrees of accuracy.


Indeed it can. Also, do I detect a hint of ad hominem in that statement? By the way, I certainly did check.


Every weapon has its limitations. That's how it should be. At close-range, your sidearm should be more useful for defense.

Or unless the target outruns the missiles. Also, they do fly at the general direction of the target. They just do it very accurately.


I'm not sure if you realize this, but I don't need you to mention something for me to bring something up. It's a given that the Swarm Launcher, in its default firing mode, is best at long ranges. Therefore, it shouldn't be effective at short range against a target it's not designed to combat. That's why I brought it up. Not because of anything that you said.


1. Less hassle? That depends, how does it work? You never even said how it would work. Also, why is less hassle a good thing?

2. More reliable, you say? Perhaps. But is that a good thing? After all, it is a weapon designed for anti-vehicle usage, it shouldn't be too reliable against infantry.

3. Easily balanced? What does it have that my idea doesn't that makes it "easily balanced"? I'm curious.

I like this idea in general, but I only scanned through most of the posts once they started reading the same.

To summarize what I took from this:

1) R1 single fire dumb missile. Line of sight only. No guidance - like a poor man's forge gun. Slow RoF, better for mid-to-long range. Works on both infantry and vehicles.

2) L1+R1 multiple fire smart missile. (Improved) guidance (versus current) and effective only on non-infantry. I will add longer lock range and faster lock times are also required, as is faster missile speed.