Can you shoot missiles?

[Ruthless]

Vehicles outmanuevering missiles would be incredibly stupid. The only way a vehicle may outmanuever a missile is by performing a steep dive.

[Destroyeron]

Then what would be the sense in flying? Yes it should take some skill especially if its a lock on missle, but it should also take some skill to shoot down an aircraft too.

[1024]

Originally posted by Ruthless
Vehicles outmanuevering missiles would be incredibly stupid. The only way a vehicle may outmanuever a missile is by performing a steep dive.

if you're a pilot, There would be no snese, and the fun would totally be taken away, ifevery time someone shot a missle at you it hit, EVERY SINGLE TIME. THat would suck, it would totalyly take away some of the skills of piloting aircraft. Although i do think missles should be able t be shoot out of the sky, liek tey would be in real life.

[Ruthless]

i was talking about homing/locked on missiles, not dumbfire.

[Matuse]

So? Most missiles in the game have some kind of guidance...

No, check that, *ALL* missiles have guidance. Period. It is what defines them as a missile instead of a rocket.

And no, missiles should not be auto-hit. That is illogical to the point of stupidity. Would you, as a military planner put forth an expensive unit (and it's pilot/crew) into harm's way when you knew for certain that any dumbass could faultlessly shoot it down? If missiles auto-hit, aircraft wouldn't even exist; the resources would be spent elsewhere. Also, by extension, if a missile could hit an aircraft faultlessly, then they would hit ground vehicles too, and probably MAX's, and heck, why not infantry? Lets turn the whole game into never-miss missile duels where the only "skill" in the game comes from whoever can get the most numbers for the longest time until your opposition gets bored and logs out.

Then of course, there is the whole issue of FUN...where is the fun in being a pilot if anyone can kill you with no chance of failure, and where you have no ability to prevent it or fight back? Answer: There isn't any. Consequence: Nobody would be a pilot. Have fun walking.