Not a bad idea, honestly. I think the low ammo is a problem though, so unless we get more reliable redline supply depot spawns or some form of vehicle logistics, I think it should be kept at the same ratio as at least infantry ammo (I think it's like 4-5 total magazines). If it's anything like the ACR, it will still need to reload quite often.

Also, the ADS doesn't need nerfed any more, defensively. You will still need to float-still and target a specific person if you want to kill it, same as currently, strafing won't kill too often I'd imagine.

One of the big things a lot of people have been ignoring is how these missiles will work on LAVs and tanks. Thinking about this I've considered that it might be best to develop specific turrets for each vehicle, since it would be impossible to make a one-size-fits-all turret, imo.

Definately +1. However I would recommend 4 or 5 clips, not 3

Question: would these replace the current missile launcher or coexist with it?

Concern: It might create too many objects and effecs/explosions for the game unnecessarily. Perhaps keeping the DPS per clip the same and lowering the rof to save on game resources? Missiles are not hitscan weapons so we shouldn't be too liberal with this.

Concern: I really want a high alpha missile that favors accuracy over ease of application. How does that sit with you, in your opinion?

Proposition:
Have the anti infantry missile have higher rof, less damage per missile and same splash as current, with tiny bonus to direct hits.
Have the anti vehicle missile have lower rof, much higher direct hit, much smaller splash radius while maintaining suppressive splash damage.

Thanks for addressing everything as professionally as you always do ! I will try to be more clear, I realize I could have explained better. I was trying to describe those examples comparing them to our current missile launcher, already in game.

Again, these numbers are just meant to give you an idea of what I am imagining, I realize some of this might seem broken at a glance if you don't consider clip size and dps. As you can tell, I am against having any more splash then the current missile launcher does, and would rather see the Fragmented version focus on RoF more than increased splash. To that end, I would gladly take more RoF for the Fragmented if it comes out balanced, as you have it so nicely done in your spreadsheet. Thanks for reading this !

I also want to point out that if I was to step back for a moment and pretend all three of these were available right now, I would probably still pick the current missile launcher over the others as the benefits of focusing with Fragmented or Shaped do not seem to outweigh the versatility of the Original. Maybe I am not thinking broadly enough.

Maybe I should not have commented about your Fragmented version, it seems novel enough that I would at least want to bring it to a fight where I know there will be large clusters of enemies.

All I want is my 10% rof back per level. Seriously, even 6% is good, 7% better.

Secondly, about Small Blasters, I have been practicing with them quite a bit and I have come to some conclusions. The small blaster is VERY EFFECTIVE on the gunner side if you stack skills with your gunner. Damage application of it makes it inferior to missiles but still EXTREMELY effective. More than people realize. The only thing left, that it needs, is for it's splash damage to be fixed or improved. I currently believe that it's splash damage is incorrectly set to 0 dmg.

The Incubus skill could be modified so that instead of RoF for the Rails and Blasters, it would be RoF for the Rails and larger splash radius for the Blasters. This would allow the blaster to be better balanced in the air, without becoming OP on the ground with LAVs and Tanks.

Right now DPS isn't even the only factor with small rails, as you can only get 9~10 shots off before overheating with max skills as a pilot. Adding cool down, reload , charge up time(0.2s unmodifiable between shots) and RoF to all the factors and we may end up with Incubus pilots using shaped missiles, just because it's easier to use with similar DPS on paper. Maybe even BETTER dps when you take the cool down breaks into account.

Trying to take all that into account and making the shaped missile good without overlapping onto small rails is a tall order.

On the plus side, I will be posting some small blaster videos here tonight (hopefully). My tests show that the small blaster is very effective in the gunner side of an Incubus with stacked skills, but it is so unforgiving. You either kill someone in 0.27 seconds or all the shots miss until overheat. I really think the splash needs to be checked for bugs or incorrect values

While changing the radius and dmg is good, I believe the main differential should be the rocket's travel speed (note: im not talking about rate of fire)

Anti vehicle missiles should be slow high damage projectiles while anti infantry are fast low damage projectiles.
Again this stats are exaggerated but it gives you a clearer picture.

Anti infantry missiles are high speed, high accurate, very low damage, area of denial (not killing - expect lots of assists not kills) missiles.