Fractal Softworks Forum
Starsector => Suggestions => Topic started by: KDR_11k on April 21, 2021, 10:53:30 PM
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The Longbow's Sabot missile will usually arrive after the torpedo volleys from the other bombers on the carrier. It's longer range and much slower than the torpedoes. Carriers can't stagger the bomber attacks so the Longbows attack first. I think you can somewhat force them to arrive at the same time by moving the carrier REAL close to the target but that's obviously not what carriers are supposed to do.
I know that'll make them even harder to intercept but I have no other idea for making the Longbows work together with other bombers.
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While this would be a possible solution, carriers should be able to stagger the bomber strikes - theres an offset in the csv file to do exactly that! I wonder if its set wrong for Longbows and they should have a lower value?
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i was just using the longbows as an experiment and thought exactly that if they where a bit faster or.... even if they just shot them a little closer to the target... they would be far more useful... but i feel they are too squishy and high op for only 2 sabot shots another thought perhaps having 2 missiles on each ship to compensate for how utterly easy they are to shoot down atm
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Hmm - where are you seeing this be a problem? E.G. I just tried a combination of Daggers and Longbows and the torpedoes reliably hit after the Sabots.
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Generally I see this happen if either you're already relatively close to a target - or if the target is backing away.
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Ah - right, either could throw off the efforts of the bombers to line up! But that can't really be avoided, especially not once the missiles are already launched...
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Backing away from Sabots has always been their weakness, fighter-based or not.
The only solution is to try launching Sabots too close for enemy to be able to retreat.