The problem is largely that it's way too easy to get too many volleys of incredibly high damage swarms in the air, too fast before a pilot can react. Swarms are overperforming in terms of dps, alpha damage and ease of use, massively beating out forges and plasma cannons in almost all aspects. This is compounded with commando suits reload bonus, and the damage bonus minmatar (shouldn't) get to swarms.

Swarms probably need their locking time increased and that would make them considerably more balanced.

1. This is a bait post but il bite

2. All 3 volleys gone at 4seconds
2a. All volleys will be fired before he is out of lock range
2b. 50% of 400m is 200m atiim because that is the missile max range, the FG can only fire to 300m
2c. Require a direct FOV of target - False - I can lock on through cover/terrain and fire while not looking at the target
2d. Slower projectile speed - Maybe but a ADS finds it hard to outrun the missiles so they are not that slow considering they recently got a speed buff and do not deaccelerate only move at top speed and top speed settings
2e. 10% off the bat from a suit - That is better than a complex damage module so it will effect the SL
2f. 2 seconds to react is fine? - But i ask how can you react when invisible swarms hit you? You can only react when you see the danger and as a ADS pilot not everything renders and infantry are invisible from 100m up and sometimes do not render till you are skiming the ground - Before you mention the FG and that instantly hitting at least they have to aim and not have a weapon that will always hit so i have a chance to dodge the FG where as with the SL you have already fired 3 volleys which will hit
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2. I can basically kill most vehicles or scare them off for a good 30seconds

3. No they cannot unless they are already moving

4. Wrong again - I can lock on through cover and terrain and have done mulitple times in a match

5. Its false

6. 3.5% is better than nothing and adds more damage

7. They still are invisible
7a. I can only hear them if i am close enough to the launch and if i hear them as they approch the vehicle its too late they will hit me 100%
7b. Only if i see them can i react but the fact it the 1st volley will always hit

1. They nerfed hardener

2. They nerfed afterburner

3. They increased swarm missile speed so its basically impossible to outrun swarms

4. They still havnt fixed the broken SL so trying to avoid invisible missiles which still do happen is impossible and when missiles avoid cover what am i supposed to do? go underground?

1. Resistance - 60 to 40% but Armr hardeners are worse off from 40% to 25%

2. Activation time and cooldown times

3. Well they hit me fine everytime and i spend half my time in the sky doing sweet FA

4. The directional damage indicator is broken