Remote guided warhead

[Kapakio]

It's just a fancy name or can you actually control it remotely?

[pjknibbs]

No, you can't control it remotely--it's just a standard seeker missile.

[RedLeader]

At first I, too, thought you could manually guide it. The name is misleading for beginners.

[pjknibbs]

At first I, too, thought you could manually guide it. The name is misleading for beginners.

Not just the name, the description states you can take control of it--however, I've certainly never found a way to do so!

[Carlo the Curious]

Maybe remote control via the monitor?

Although personally I've never tried that even with a ship...

[Wolf-R1]

No...you need to eject, jump into the warhead and drive it to the target. Yeah, that'll work.

[RedLeader]

You mean, almost like Slim Pickens in that over the top funny scene in Dr. Strangelove (sitting on a falling nuke, wawing cowboy hat all the way)? :DD The ride of your life!

[Nanook]

Not sure why this is in the Spoilers forum, so unless someone strongly objects, I'll move it to the X-Universe forum.

[Necrosexual]

Remote guided warhead 100k damage interesting fact kestrel's (m5) can use them.

An m5 with a 100k dmg missile, scary.

[DarthVodka]

lol there's a coincidence. I tried the remote flying thing yesterday too
Was scavenging at the time and picked up a couple of these warheads dropped during a battle a small Argon fleet were having with a Galleon and its entourage. The Galleon was blue to me, and despite the fact I'd actually been picking off Argon all evening (some of their fleet was red to me), I thought I'd lend them a hand and take a pop at the Galleon.

Targeted the Galleon. Fired. Realised there was no way to control the warhead and then noticed that it wasn't even flying towards the Galleon. Seems it completely ignored my blue target and picked a nice red Argon one of its own.

So, not only can you not control the things, but they also pick their own targets. And as I discovered later, wont launch at all unless there are red blips present.

[Andaius]

Some missiles don't need targets to home, Temptest for one auto target based on your friend foe settings. Also most if not all missiles (that track) home in on a "friendly" target I think.

[Commander Zane]

Remote guided warhead 100k damage interesting fact kestrel's (m5) can use them.

An m5 with a 100k dmg missile, scary.

There's M4s that can mount Hammerhead (1,200,000) Missiles, that isn't scary?

[mian_tylmiran]

M4's that can mount Hammerheads are usually the ones that explode and take a few of their buddies with them when you open fire on them. I refer to them as Suicide Bombers because they often launch the missile as I'm opening up on them with my Vidar.

The Pirate Kestrels that come out in the station defense missions are the ones that make me giggle, because they often fly right into the station due to awesome speed and poor piloting. Unfortunately, unless you can get a clear shot at them and do 50% hull damage, they usually die at impact.

[Commander Zane]

M4's that can mount Hammerheads are usually the ones that explode and take a few of their buddies with them when you open fire on them. I refer to them as Suicide Bombers because they often launch the missile as I'm opening up on them with my Vidar.

The Pirate Kestrels that come out in the station defense missions are the ones that make me giggle, because they often fly right into the station due to awesome speed and poor piloting. Unfortunately, unless you can get a clear shot at them and do 50% hull damage, they usually die at impact.

Only if the A.I. or player is stupid enough to launch one when being fired upon.

[Random_Guy]

I remember in Reunion you could remotely control ships through the monitors. You could select the monitor, enlarge it somewhat, and then fly the ship awkwardly with no HUD. I'm not sure exactly how you went about doing it as flying ships with no HUD virtually useless.

I haven't tried in TC, but I imagine that you can do the same thing. Perhaps, if you do it to a monitor that has your Remote Guided Warhead targetted, you could fly it like that?

Oh, and the Medusa Prototype can mount Firestorms. That's actually scary because its useful . An M8 that kicks *** as a fighter.

[Commander Zane]

Remote linking to other ships can still be done, but mouse control makes it an annoyance when the ships wig out until you stabilize them, and no, RGWs can't be controlled like this.

[Cith]

The description clearly states that you can take control of the missile, but someone forgot to implement it. Hopefully it'll be patched in the future.

[Deadbeat_Spinn]

Dead topic.........

[Nanook]

Definitely past its prime. *click*