Are rockets UP?

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    Rockets just don't seem that useful. They suck against shields and aren't that great against armor either. I hear they are good against system blocks but what does it matter if you can't even make it that far?
     
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    Missiles are actually really good against ships for anti-hull/armor purposes, but they've been nerfed so much in terms of power costs that its still quite difficult to get much good done with them. You have to spam missiles at the enemy in order to overwhelm PD, which also tends to lag like shit.
     
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    Yea and then there is the insane power cost. Wanting to have a decent rocket launcher on your ship almost requires a separate power upgrade just for that. It's insane how much power rockets need considering the damage they actually do. It's another reason I can't help but wonder if it's even worth it, when all of that power could instead just be used to power more weapons of other kind.
     
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    Yes, missiles have been nerfed. But after building this, I have to wonder if they've been nerfed enough.



    This is a 1000 mass ship, only 1000. It fires one million damage worth of missiles in a single salvo and repeats that every 45 seconds! (About one third of that is shield damage only.)
     
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    No, missiles are perfectly fine, they just need to be backed up by cannons and beams.
     

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    Missiles are actually really good against ships for anti-hull/armor purposes, but they've been nerfed so much in terms of power costs that its still quite difficult to get much good done with them. You have to spam missiles at the enemy in order to overwhelm PD player defenses, which also tends to lag like shit.
    Pirates are quite easily taken out by missiles, as are new players with either little understanding of game mechanics, or those who've not yet gathered the resources to build effective point defense.
     

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    Missiles are best used after you drop the enemy below 50% shields and target their point defense turrets. They also work best in groups.
     
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    well big missiles still blow shit up small missiles really kinda suck now.
     

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    Missiles is the best anti-structure weapon right now, due to their superior damage distribution patern.