First Strike Forums — Homing proton torpedoes!

Re: Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (Talon1579) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 11:50:36 +0000

Lance Haith wrote:

Ahh okay ^_^ see I was assuming since they were able to do a complete 90 degree turn in Ep. IV they would be damn near impossible to avoid...
If you guys do add it in could you give some TIE's hard-points? ^_^;; it'd only be fair.

The torps were pre-programmed. Thats why they had to be launched at a set distance.

Re: Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (yultemsee) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:25:26 +0000

they had those annoying screen things.

Re: Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (ShinjiKoon) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:01:05 +0000

i mean, obviously if you did a DEATH star mission, you'd need homing torpedoes, or the force

Re: Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (Canadiens1160) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:58:22 +0000

As far as the Lazy Homing Protons from the X-Wing games, in other words they slowly hone in on cap ships and completely suck vs fighters, than YES YES yES for sure.

Re: Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (TY2D2) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:15:43 +0000

Lance, if the homing was added for the torps it would most likely ONLY be effective if you were RIGHT behind your enemy or if you were targeting a capitol ship. So then fighters don't have to go straight towards a Capitol ships main fire power to fire their payloads. They could come in at an angle and allow them to lock on and guide themselves in.

Re: Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (-=CT=- JaFaR) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:24:54 +0000

That was a force-powered proton torpedo

If anything needs a suite of homing missiles, it's the TIE Bomber. I mean, the Y-wing gets a gunner, the B-wing just kicks pie, and the TIE bomber gets a whole bunch of weapons but skank amounts of armor to ensure their delivery. I say give them like 12 conc missiles that lock on to fighters. Also, make their proton torpedoes (not bombs) lock on to capital ships (save for Gallofree transports). I mean, lore-speaking, TIE Bombers had highly specialized targeting systems that allowed them to pinpoint strikes on capital ships. Might as well ensure an impact if close enough.

Re: Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (Lance Haith) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:31:00 +0000

Ahh okay ^_^ see I was assuming since they were able to do a complete 90 degree turn in Ep. IV they would be damn near impossible to avoid...

If you guys do add it in could you give some TIE's hard-points? ^_^;; it'd only be fair.

Re: Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (FSDev| General Un-Co) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:20:39 +0000

Proton torpedos aren't terribly adept at homing, that is for concussion missiles. If we are too add hioming missiles to X-wings the missiles would be incredibly easy to avoid.

Re: Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (Lance Haith) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:04:39 +0000

Imagine the swarms of X-wings that spawn every 20 seconds, each one with 6 homing missiles...

*beepbeepbeep beeeeeep* Oh crap I have to evade.... *evades it* *beepbeeepbeeeeeep* oh crap.... *beep beep beeeeep* .....damn... you superior Xwings with your locking missiles and shields of doom and...

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Homing Torpedoes were never used in the movies against TIEs and only after the Xwing games did the idea of a homing anti-fighter torpedo emerge. If this were a game where you were always the rebels fighting the good fight against overwhelming numbers of TIEs then sure allow lock on... the case is not like that and I can see alot of people complaining about the underpowered missileless TIE's if this were to happen. Superior manuverability helps only in fighter on fighter action NOT missile on fighter action.

Re: Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (Carbon) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:52:20 +0000

Lance Haith wrote:

The X-wing wasn't meant to deal head on with TIE's, thats the A-wing's job, deal with it.

Well, it sure bloody well sucks against capital ships. Is it supposed to just fly around and look pretty?

With a fair amount of evasion a TIE should be able to avoid a locked torpedo, and you only get six of them.

Re: Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (Lance Haith) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:37:26 +0000

cause then you'd have to incorporate a countermeasure system, second you'd would kill the TIE fighter in 95 out of 100 bouts easy (why would you need to go close in when you could just missle from a kilometer out?), and thirdly the X-wing is pretty solid as a fighter/bomber so why give it something that would make it OMGWTFPWNZER!!!

The X-wing wasn't meant to deal head on with TIE's, thats the A-wing's job, deal with it.

Re: Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (TY2D2) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:00:36 +0000

Suggested 10000000000 times and counting.

Homing proton torpedoes!

null@example.com (Carbon) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:44:03 +0000

Might make the X-wing a little better. It's surely possible as a lot of missiles in base also lock onto their targets. Why not?