First of all, I love swarms. They are just so much fun!
But this doesn't mean they don't have a few issues that need to be tended to.

First,
1. Swarms travel incredibly slowly. They have a 400m lock-on range but it seems that just because they have that range, doesn't mean they can make it there. There seems to be a time limit on the life of the missiles before detonation and the slow speed of the missiles eat up that time quite quickly. I believe they should have some sort of speed increase.

2. For a futuristic shooter the missile mechanics are quite sloppy. Many a time have I shot my swarms and the LAV/tank drove up this tiny hill and my swarms couldn't figure out how to raise themselves a quarter of an inch higher so they clip a small mound of dirt and explode. The tracking and obstacle maneuverability needs to be refined.

3. Make the vehicles that are closer to you have a higher lock-on priority than the installations/CRUs/supply depots that are in the background so you don't constantly go to lock up a tank and lock onto the railgun installation behind it. This can be fixed by setting closer enemy obstacles to top priority or by making the lock-box smaller so you can be more precise with your lock-on.

These are the most annoying things that plague the otherwise great swarm weapon. I feel the damage is right where it needs to be. There is an instance though where you'll be reloading and try to lock-on and shoot something but either the missiles don't fire or you shoot non-existent missiles. Quite annoying indeed.

I'd really enjoy seeing some, if not all, these issues being resolved in the future.

Anyone have thoughts or suggestions on what I've pointed out?

First of all, I love swarms. They are just so much fun!
But this doesn't mean they don't have a few issues that need to be tended to.

First,
1. Swarms travel incredibly slowly. They have a 400m lock-on range but it seems that just because they have that range, doesn't mean they can make it there. There seems to be a time limit on the life of the missiles before detonation and the slow speed of the missiles eat up that time quite quickly. I believe they should have some sort of speed increase.

2. For a futuristic shooter the missile mechanics are quite sloppy. Many a time have I shot my swarms and the LAV/tank drove up this tiny hill and my swarms couldn't figure out how to raise themselves a quarter of an inch higher so they clip a small mound of dirt and explode. The tracking and obstacle maneuverability needs to be refined.

3. Make the vehicles that are closer to you have a higher lock-on priority than the installations/CRUs/supply depots that are in the background so you don't constantly go to lock up a tank and lock onto the railgun installation behind it. This can be fixed by setting closer enemy obstacles to top priority or by making the lock-box smaller so you can be more precise with your lock-on.

These are the most annoying things that plague the otherwise great swarm weapon. I feel the damage is right where it needs to be. There is an instance though where you'll be reloading and try to lock-on and shoot something but either the missiles don't fire or you shoot non-existent missiles. Quite annoying indeed.

I'd really enjoy seeing some, if not all, these issues being resolved in the future.

Anyone have thoughts or suggestions on what I've pointed out?

speed yes..

Damage is clearly NOT where it should be.. I should not have to empty my clip 4 times with a NANO backup trying to kill 1 dropship or tank.. the built tanks and drops are impervious to Swarms.. this is why you dont see any swarms on bf.. unless someone breaks out militia to smash a starter jeep

speed yes..

Damage is clearly NOT where it should be.. I should not have to empty my clip 4 times with a NANO backup trying to kill 1 dropship or tank.. the built tanks and drops are impervious to Swarms.. this is why you dont see any swarms on bf.. unless someone breaks out militia to smash a starter jeep

speed yes..

Damage is clearly NOT where it should be.. I should not have to empty my clip 4 times with a NANO backup trying to kill 1 dropship or tank.. the built tanks and drops are impervious to Swarms.. this is why you dont see any swarms on bf.. unless someone breaks out militia to smash a starter jeep

First of all, I love swarms. They are just so much fun!
But this doesn't mean they don't have a few issues that need to be tended to.

First,
1. Swarms travel incredibly slowly. They have a 400m lock-on range but it seems that just because they have that range, doesn't mean they can make it there. There seems to be a time limit on the life of the missiles before detonation and the slow speed of the missiles eat up that time quite quickly. I believe they should have some sort of speed increase.

2. For a futuristic shooter the missile mechanics are quite sloppy. Many a time have I shot my swarms and the LAV/tank drove up this tiny hill and my swarms couldn't figure out how to raise themselves a quarter of an inch higher so they clip a small mound of dirt and explode. The tracking and obstacle maneuverability needs to be refined.

3. Make the vehicles that are closer to you have a higher lock-on priority than the installations/CRUs/supply depots that are in the background so you don't constantly go to lock up a tank and lock onto the railgun installation behind it. This can be fixed by setting closer enemy obstacles to top priority or by making the lock-box smaller so you can be more precise with your lock-on.

These are the most annoying things that plague the otherwise great swarm weapon. I feel the damage is right where it needs to be. There is an instance though where you'll be reloading and try to lock-on and shoot something but either the missiles don't fire or you shoot non-existent missiles. Quite annoying indeed.

I'd really enjoy seeing some, if not all, these issues being resolved in the future.

Anyone have thoughts or suggestions on what I've pointed out?

Bump because necessary

It's about as necessary as me needing Jay Leno's car collection and land equivalent to a small state.

So you want a fire-and-forget missile to have the onboard computing capacity of a supercomputer, with 4 independent optical systems, and maneuverability that would make Lockheed-Martin jealous? We have real-world countermeasures to missiles today, they're called chaff and flare.

speed yes..

Damage is clearly NOT where it should be.. I should not have to empty my clip 4 times with a NANO backup trying to kill 1 dropship or tank.. the built tanks and drops are impervious to Swarms.. this is why you dont see any swarms on bf.. unless someone breaks out militia to smash a starter jeep

So you want to be able to take out properly fit HAVs and millions of ISK And millions of SP with no more than 100k SP and ISK? I see where this is going...