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Artemis Rocket Launcher
Keon:
--- Quote from: Hubert PIckle on April 18, 2013, 10:45:46 am ---The V1 wasn't a homing weapon. It went where it was instructed to go before taking off. It was not able to detect or react to changes in the targets movement vector.
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Oh, true. It did have a guidance system though.
Then again, since when did WWI have hwachas? The heavy weapons are things you sit in, not things you move with your hands. It's not like this is super realistic to technology in WWI, and right now the Missile Sling just feels like an inaccurate field gun. Give it something special, at least.
HamsterIV:
--- Quote from: Keon on April 18, 2013, 11:42:35 am ---Then again, since when did WWI have hwachas?
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The Hwacha is a 14th century Korean weapon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwacha and is the one of the first examples of a multiple launch rocket system.
Pickle:
The Hwacha is essentially the big daddy version of the Artemis, and as such they both have their roots in the Le Prieur rocket. The British had developed the Congreve rocket even earlier after experiences against Indian rocket artillery. There's nothing in the concept of solid-fuelled rockets that post-dates WW1. Take the existing rocket knowledge and build it up into a turret-based artillery piece.
The Artemis isn't a weak weapon as it is, but it's difficult to aim effectively if you're not used to it. It possibly suffers from the simplified ballistic model used in the game, which I think struggles to model the flight path of self-propelled projectiles.
Helmic:
--- Quote from: Keon on April 18, 2013, 11:42:35 am ---
--- Quote from: Hubert PIckle on April 18, 2013, 10:45:46 am ---The V1 wasn't a homing weapon. It went where it was instructed to go before taking off. It was not able to detect or react to changes in the targets movement vector.
--- End quote ---
Oh, true. It did have a guidance system though.
Then again, since when did WWI have hwachas? The heavy weapons are things you sit in, not things you move with your hands. It's not like this is super realistic to technology in WWI, and right now the Missile Sling just feels like an inaccurate field gun. Give it something special, at least.
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Yeah, WWI is more of a general "idea" of what's going on, pretty sure WWI-era clothing didn't include all that many rotating gears either. That and all the countries are fictional. I could suspend disbelief over a homing rocket if that made it a more interesting weapon than it is now.
HamsterIV:
Never knew about the Le Prieur Rocket. Salute! Hubert PIckle for teaching me something new.
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