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My Rapier is an extremely overhauled and custimized ship. I have many nasty surprises hidden on my vessel and I also have a missle jammer. But I can't seem to control it It doesn't stop missles please help me!
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Move it to the EV/EVO boards. They can help you the best.
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I can answer your question right here, actually; a missile jammer works as long as you own it. However, it doesn't make you immune to missiles; it just makes it more likely that the missile will target something else like an asteroid or other ship. So while a missile jammer helps, there is still no substitute for good piloting for avoiding missiles.
I'm going to transfer this to the EV board anyway, just for the sake of appropriateness, and in case I and Mantaray) missed something in our explanation.
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(This message has been edited by Chrestomanci (edited 06-06-2002).)
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Originally posted by PirateHunter: **My Rapier is an extremely overhauled and custimized ship. I have many nasty surprises hidden on my vessel and I also have a missle jammer. But I can't seem to control it It doesn't stop missles please help me!
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Once you have a missile jammer, you then have to out-manouver the missiles. Zig zagging helps. (for me)
While the qeustion is Ambrosia related, topics/questions concerning EV, EVO, or EV N should be posted in their respective webboards.
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I think a more accurate description of the missile jammer's function is "severely hampers the turning ability of missiles". If you pull off a sharp turn with a missile on your tail, the missile jammer removes it's ability to turn with you, and hence loses it's lock on your Rapier.
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Originally posted by Mazca: **I think a more accurate description of the missile jammer's function is "severely hampers the turning ability of missiles". If you pull off a sharp turn with a missile on your tail, the missile jammer removes it's ability to turn with you, and hence loses it's lock on your Rapier.
Agreed. That's exactly how my missile jammer has always worked.
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Get the speed upgrades and outrun it until it blows up.
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Decoy flares help as well, but I only tend to use them when I'm in a trading ship which is too slow to outrun missiles.
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Originally posted by Zax: **Decoy flares help as well, but I only tend to use them when I'm in a trading ship which is too slow to outrun missiles.
Ditto.
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the missile jammer doesn't stop the missiles just make it harder for them to hit you, the best (the safest way is to use decoy flares, they are "acting" like another target and the missiles, torpedos... will hit them instead of you) see ya
Decoy flares a) cost money weigh a ton c) they're the weapon for spacers who run rather than fight d) they fire from behind you, so you can't charge at an opposing ship at an angle and dodge all the missiles, you have to run away.
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Originally posted by Zax: **Decoy flares d) they fire from behind you, so you can't charge at an opposing ship at an angle and dodge all the missiles, you have to run away.
Small detail there... decoy flares are for defensive measures. Therefore, they are intended for larger craft that lack the firepower and speed to defend themselves.
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That was my point, don't buy decoy flares for warships, buy a missile jammer instead.
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Pardon me, Zax??
Originally posted by Zax: weigh a ton
Decoy flares don't weigh a ton. By the way, on which planets can you buy missile jammers? I kinda forgot. :redface:
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Originally posted by Blood Eagle: Decoy flares don't weigh a ton.
The decoy flare dispenser weighs a ton, and the player is required to acquire that before being able to use the weightless flares.
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Congradulations
I meant the flares themselves.
Originally posted by Zax: **That was my point, don't buy decoy flares for warships, buy a missile jammer instead.
For a freighter, a combination of both works quite nicely.