Pheonix

[Queensidecastle]

I know I'll probably get flamed for this, but the Pheonix's range needs to be upped.

I want some of what you are smoking.

The Phoenix is already on the verge of being overpowered. Not because of straight damage, but because of its secondary abilities. There are already certain bases that a Phoenix user can sit in the tower and keep the vehicle pad down in the base. We dont need this happening at all bases because of a range buff, no thanks. Nothing supresses AA MAXs like the Phoenix can. Also it is already bad enough how far you have to drive a vehicle away from the battle to repair it. Hell the ammo dumps in bases are under such constant barage you can barely get ammo sometimes. Up the range to make all that easier? I dont think so

[scarpas]

[QUOTE=Mognoc] That's another thing, WHY are they wire controlled? They've got hover tanks, wormhole travel, yet missiles are still wire guided. Even today we are more advanced then this. QUOTE]

we still use wire controlled missils because the radio ones can be forced off course by enemy radio transmitters, or somthing like that...

[Duffman]

i think the pheonix's dmg against soft targets needs to be nerfed a bit

[Colonel Nikolai]

Duffman, I agree wholeheartedly. It should not be a sniper-killer. There's nothing worse than attacking a base only to have Phoenixes flying over the wall and then diving down into your head. Does it kill you quickly? No. Does it kill you when twenty guys are doing it? Yes.

I feel the turning rate of the missile could be reduced a bit. I can weave it between bridge pylons right now, and that's a bit extreme for a missile. It would require Phoenix users to have an idea where their target is before firing, and then correct their lead until the hit was scored. Being able to do loops around bridges before slamming broadside into a Magrider is sarcely missile-like.

And for anyone still confused about wire-guided missiles, there is a camera in the missile or it is spotted by the naked eye. A spool of wire surrounds the engine and unravels easily in flight. The wire contains a simple analog visual wire that gives the gunner his camera feedback and a second wire that is used to send commands from a joystick or similar control device back to the missile. The wires have a tendancy to drag on underbrush and cannot be "flown" through trees and bushes because the wires will snare and the missile will crash. Hence my hatred of people flying Phoenixes like RC planes.

Fly-by-wire is when an aircraft is flown by electronic signals that travel to hydraulic devices which move the control surfaces. Older planes had actual high-strenght wires running from the other end of the joystick to the control flaps themselves, which meant you were actually pulling the flaps by hand. Fly-by-wire improves responsiveness and ease of manuvering.

[DeadTeddy]

if 20 people are doing something, it sure as hell WILL kill you. you can't expect not to be blown to bits by a bunch of missiles.