Remote controlled missile launcher - yay or nay?

[Hunter]

This idea is pretty much completely taken from Metal Gear Solid, so I'll let gameplay from that do most of the talking (skip to 5:10 for it):

 

 

 

I think a more advanced version of this could be a good anti - jet weapon. Think of the Kamikaze Besra attacks; this would be similar to that. You could send up a missile, control it and get into a kind of dogfight with a jet. The jet could avoid it, but it'd be more complex than the simple spinning in circles that works against homing launchers.

 

I think it's a pretty awesome weapon anyway, plus doing this with it would be great:

 

Edited March 24, 2016 by Icantthinkofonew

[paperbagdude]

Nah.

 

Just nah, bruh

[Aznknight]

It has to be 100% accurate and with a cooldown.

Also, passive has to be removed when in any attack air vehicle.

Only then would it be fair to have that in game.

[Hunter]

Nah.

 

Just nah, bruh

But I get really good vibes off it?

 

To each their own I guess.

[Furry_Monkey]

I think it's an awesome idea, and I thoroughly look forward to increasing my melee weapon stats on all the players using them.

[Shaundi.]

Yey.

[paperbagdude]

 

Nah.

 

Just nah, bruh

But I get really good vibes off it?

 

To each their own I guess.

 

Towards aircraft, it could probably be useful against cancerous jet griefers, but since I'm both a cancerous jet griefer myself and a vulnerable helicopter pilot, I dislike your suggestion.

[Maxxeine]

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Edited October 8, 2017 by The7thOne

[LarcenousUrsine]

Just level lock it, limit the ammo and make it expensive. Then add it.

 

I would be using it to race with other rockets.

[Sky_Light12]

TOW guided missile ?

that one appeared in merc 2

[Arachne]

Nice idea! but in a game like GTAO where some players use weapons in the way they never meant to be used...it...just...would make things even worse.

Edited March 24, 2016 by Arachne

[Yozora]

If i cant get free aim or crouch then finuk no

[WildBrick142]

If it ever gets added, I will be using it a lot against snipers.

[Shneb]

I think it could an option against air vehicles, but I don't see how it would be anything but overpowered on the ground. Maybe it can only fire into the sky.

 

But then how would it not just be a more OP homing launcher against unarmed aircraft?

[Hunter]

Sounds like a good idea, and it could replace the Homing Launcher in lethality. As long as the damage output is high, but it's difficult to control, this might be pretty balanced. There has to be an 'out of bounds' radius for the missiles however, to again keep it balanced.

I was looking back at some gifs of old suicidal Besra footage when I remember this weapon. It kind of reminded me of it.

 

Those were kind of similar. They could give jets a run for their money, but it was awkward to crash into people with them since they were fast and had to be handled well.

 

 

If it ever gets added, I will be using it a lot against snipers.

I didn't even think of that actually. I don't know if that's good or bad, but it could be pretty effective lol.

 

 

Nice idea! but in a game like GTAO where some players use weapons in the way they never meant to be used...it...just...would make things even worse.

True, I'm sure mischief would be caused by it.

 

 

I think it's an awesome idea, and I thoroughly look forward to increasing my melee weapon stats on all the players using them.

Well this would be the Achilles heel of the weapon lol.

[xxviolentbenxx]

If this weapon could have some kind of coding to do normal rocket damage to aircraft but reduced damage to people/land vehicles I might think it would be somewhat balanced imo. Maybe level lock to beyond 100 at least to not see it everywhere.

 

Edit: I would be afraid of someone hiding on say the top of maze bank firing rockets while not being able to be attacked and you would probably be able to buy ammo for it from anywhere so they wouldn't have to come out of their hiding spot.

Edited March 24, 2016 by xxviolentbenxx

[Mr_Zombly]

With a lvl lock yes, and it should replace the homing launcher.

If this weapon could have some kind of coding to do normal rocket damage to aircraft but reduced damage to people/land vehicles I might think it would be somewhat balanced imo. Maybe level lock to beyond 100 at least to not see it everywhere.

 

Edit: I would be afraid of someone hiding on say the top of maze bank firing rockets while not being able to be attacked and you would probably be able to buy ammo for it from anywhere so they wouldn't have to come out of their hiding spot.

I doubt it would have alot of range, so hiding somewhere and killing people with it wouldn't be very easy.

[xxviolentbenxx]

With a lvl lock yes, and it should replace the homing launcher.

If this weapon could have some kind of coding to do normal rocket damage to aircraft but reduced damage to people/land vehicles I might think it would be somewhat balanced imo. Maybe level lock to beyond 100 at least to not see it everywhere.

 

Edit: I would be afraid of someone hiding on say the top of maze bank firing rockets while not being able to be attacked and you would probably be able to buy ammo for it from anywhere so they wouldn't have to come out of their hiding spot.

I doubt it would have alot of range, so hiding somewhere and killing people with it wouldn't be very easy.

If it would be meant to combat jets as it's suggested it would need a lot of range to effectively do anything to them as jets cover quite a distance quickly.

[SkittyM]

Not a bad idea, but would need stuff like bulky movement speed, and other balancing features.

 

Not like it would get rid of all the homing launcher kiddies though.

[combustion]

Maybe in singleplayer, but definitely not in Online.

[Hunter]

If this weapon could have some kind of coding to do normal rocket damage to aircraft but reduced damage to people/land vehicles I might think it would be somewhat balanced imo. Maybe level lock to beyond 100 at least to not see it everywhere.

 

Edit: I would be afraid of someone hiding on say the top of maze bank firing rockets while not being able to be attacked and you would probably be able to buy ammo for it from anywhere so they wouldn't have to come out of their hiding spot.

Yeah, the main problem is that is has the potential to be a really irritating weapon (when you're on the wrong side of it anyway).

 

One possible solution would be to make it semi - lock on. The lock on would only work on aircraft and vehicles, but wouldn't actually make it follow them; it would just keep the missile from exploding. That way, if you went after a person on foot, you wouldn't have long until the missile blew up (since it wouldn't lock).

[Mr_Zombly]

 

With a lvl lock yes, and it should replace the homing launcher.

If this weapon could have some kind of coding to do normal rocket damage to aircraft but reduced damage to people/land vehicles I might think it would be somewhat balanced imo. Maybe level lock to beyond 100 at least to not see it everywhere.

 

Edit: I would be afraid of someone hiding on say the top of maze bank firing rockets while not being able to be attacked and you would probably be able to buy ammo for it from anywhere so they wouldn't have to come out of their hiding spot.

I doubt it would have alot of range, so hiding somewhere and killing people with it wouldn't be very easy.

If it would be meant to combat jets as it's suggested it would need a lot of range to effectively do anything to them as jets cover quite a distance quickly.

 

Ah yeah.

[lll-H-I-M-lll]

nooooo its bad enough with a HM

[WildBrick142]

Nikita in MGS can't be controlled to go up/down, the missile stays at a fixed distance from the ground and only goes up higher on ramps/hills. If there's, say, a rock, it just hits it and explodes. It's only really effective on ground targets. That is one way to balance it.

[Shneb]

Nikita in MGS can't be controlled to go up/down, the missile stays at a fixed distance from the ground and only goes up higher on ramps/hills. If there's, say, a rock, it just hits it and explodes. It's only really effective on ground targets. That is one way to balance it.

That sounds like the direction it shouldn't be going to be balanced.

[xxviolentbenxx]

Just make it hold only 1 missle, be forced to buy ammo for it at an ammunation, and charge like 50 grand per missle and bam it's balanced.

Because no one will use it for that price​.

[Gremlin Sombra]

I like the sound of it.

Would be a dream if they replaced it with that rediculous f*cking homing launcher.

[MikeyDLuffy]

Would be nice picking off well dug in rooftop snipers.

[shadowoperative]

No. Poor thread is poor.

[ce102088]

Sounds like a good idea at first but a remote controlled missile in GTA capable of hitting jets would be too small and fast to be accurate. As we all know if you want it added to counter jets it will only be used against helicopters.