swarms are a problem (to armor tanked vehicles) but actually there are bigger issues to solve first

I wholeheartedly agree with you that there are bigger problems than swarms.

A damage amped pro railgun kills pretty much all DS in 2-3 shots unless we're talking about a dual-hardened Myron. That's about 2 seconds from first impact to destruction. I would much appreciate if during the HAV bring back initiative the railgun's alpha would be toned down a bit while keeping long term DPS stable. Since for HAV-vs-HAV fights only long term DPS is used this wouldn't be a nerf at all - at least that's what I think from a DS pilot with a limited HAV experience.

Swarms have a higher top speed because it was indeed so easy for dropships to escape them, that they were not relevant.

If anything, just an audible tone to note that homing warheads are tracking and in proximity would suffice. If I recall correctly, there used to be a "locked on tone" for swarms that have been launched and currently tracking, but it was removed.

Now that swarms are somewhat more effective, shouldn't they bring that "tone" back? Honestly, I'd rather have any vehicle scurry off for a moment from being tracked than actually get the vehicle destruction points. The faster the threat is removed, the less lives are lost.

Swarms hard to evade an nd everyone has them. A single minmando can kill any vehicle easily. It takes 3swarms to down any shield dropship. And look at how long it takes to shoot them, not long huh. Add a counter measure slot that when used does something to disrupt average. It has to resupplied at supply depot.

How does swarms have less warning than forge guns? Swarms have to be locked out in the open, take longer than a forge charge, and move about ten times slower than a forge blast.

I don't get a nifty warning light before a shotgun blast plasters my guts across a wall.

How does swarms have less warning than forge guns? Swarms have to be locked out in the open, take longer than a forge charge, and move about ten times slower than a forge blast.

I don't get a nifty warning light before a shotgun blast plasters my guts across a wall.

There's no notification that you're being tracked by swarm missiles that have already been fired.-á

Why is this a problem? Its simple, swarm flight duration is MASSIVE, and will follow you for a long time. Now, as youre doing your job as a pilot and running from that single swarmer, you're very likely to catch the attention of other swarmers along the way, who also toss rounds into the air as you fly by. However, there is virtually no way to know this unless you're hit by them. You usually can't hear them detonate behind you, you can't hear them traveling untill theyre hitting you, and you most certainly cant hear them being launched as you fly by. So, as you're running from one swarmer, a lot of times you'll pick up a couple extra pairs of swarms whicht will increase the amount of time needed to fly away, and there is currently no way to assess that information as a pilot since you're mostly in the dark.

Give an on screen indicator that swarms are currently tracking you, (missiles already in flight, no indicator that you're being locked) and that will go a LONG way towards making piloting a more satisfying experience, while not touching swarm launchers in any way. Im thinking of a slowly flashing red and yellow exclamation point with a circle around it, up near or in a corner of the screen.

Or at absolute least give us a rear view option so we can check for ourselves, since turning = hit by swarms. This however should be a general feature for all vehicles, and won't help pilots nearly as much when trying to evade fire and forget missiles.

Make it have a clip size of 4

Each missile has it's own lock on time and consumes 1 shot of the clip.

Make the missiles less accurate if all 4 are launched at once. This means if they miss a vehicle they won't continuously spin around it until it gets a hit. You need a state where the missile loses it's lock and flies off course.

Why?

Having a 12 missiles that lock on doing up to 5500 damage before you have to reload is pretty messed up for a light weapon. You reload 3 more volleys when the plasma cannon only loads 1 shot that has a good chance to miss, and can't lock on at 150m and travel 400m.

It could even have a faster lock on time with this change with the choice of firing a series of single missiles, or doing a burst of 4 at once at the cost of less accuracy. First option would be good for dropships and the second for ground vehicles.

Possible Stat change

Wiyrkomi Swarm Launcher

Damage:340
Missiles per shot: 1
Clip size 4
Ammo:36
Lock on Time 0.4 s
Reload time 3 seconds

I'm not sure of the current travels speed and tracking angle speed.