Homing Launcher appreciation thread.

[shadowoperative]

I love this beauty. Keeping the skies as clear as possible.

 

To hell with the sky squeakers!!!

 

Who's with me?

[GAUNTLET HELLFIRE]

I love my Homing Launcher

 

[Death Rains From Above]

Oh boy, the sh*tstorm is a comin'.

[LordRaijin]

I love the homing launcher because its as big as my dick........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wish.

[dead goon]

When do you guys think they will add the Hunter?

[Joey McCoy]

As an experienced jet pilot, your homing rockets fail 90% of the time. Lol.

[WarZoneTheDriver]

Yeah let's just make a Homing Launcher thread right next to the depreciation thread, what a great idea!

 

Just keep trolololing

[We Are Ninja]

Hahahahaha what a surprise, the biggest whiner in GTAO loves the homo launcher, it fits you perfectly!

Such wit. I can't even begin to imagine how long it took to come up with that gem...

[shadowoperative]

When do you guys think they will add the Hunter?

September 3017.

[Gatti Sosa]

As an experienced jet pilot, your homing rockets fail 90% of the time. Lol.

Agreed

[Ocelot]

http://gtaforums.com/topic/760414-heat-seeking-rocket-launcher-appreciation-thread/

 

O wait. That one was closed.

The thread is dead, long live the thread!

 

It's useless against most jet pilots (including myself). Quite handy for some contact missions though.

[CrazyFerret]

I love this beauty. Keeping the skies as clear as possible.

 

To hell with the sky squeakers!!!

 

Who's with me?

 

 

I'd love to agree with you... but....

 

What use are they against a skilled pilot?

 

I've fired more of these rockets then I can count, at hydra and lazar pilots just out causing grief and mischief.. and just watched in dismay as the rockets were either out ran, or out maneuvered...

 

Plus the time it takes to 'lock on' and the pilot has way more time and opportunity to fly in close and gun you down.

 

I find that these are only useful, against the helicopters.

[shadowoperative]

 

I love this beauty. Keeping the skies as clear as possible.

 

To hell with the sky squeakers!!!

 

Who's with me?

 

I'd love to agree with you... but....

 

What use are they against a skilled pilot?

 

I've fired more of these rockets then I can count, at hydra and lazar pilots just out causing grief and mischief.. and just watched in dismay as the rockets were either out ran, or out maneuvered...

 

Plus the time it takes to 'lock on' and the pilot has way more time and opportunity to fly in close and gun you down.

 

I find that these are only useful, against the helicopters.

Yes. Very useful against helicopters.

 

Especially those that don't exist.

[tenpennyisplainevil]

Truly the cancer to the balancing of this game. Every single aircraft except the one that needed to be able to be fought effectively are ridiculously easily destroyed by it. Every aircraft it brings down is either harmless or easy to take down normally, meaning that the HL literally does nothing but damage to this game. Jets remain untouched, while they were the only aircraft that needed to be touched.

[saintsrow]

 

As an experienced jet pilot, your homing rockets fail 90% of the time. Lol.

Agreed

 

I don't know why people think the Homing Launcher is so great. It's not. The Homing Launcher needs a hell of a buff.

 

It's got crappy lock-on range.

 

It takes so long to lock on, that I usually get my ass shot off before it even gets a good lock.

 

It hasn't got enough range or persistence to keep tracking a target. It just flies by and forgets what it was locked on to.

[Arrows to Athens]

Lazer / Hydra / Savage / Buzzard / Valkyrie; I love these beauties. Keeping the ground clear as possible.

 

To hell with the ground squeakers!

 

Who's with me?

Edited April 13, 2016 by Fearx--

[SyrusTheVirus]

Sure it's useful...as long as the jet is standing still in midair...and the wind doesn't change direction suddenly...and the sun doesn't get in the missile's eyes...and it's a fortnight...

[Mokuakae]

Gave mine to a low level crew member months ago. They seemed happy with it.

[saintsrow]

Truly the cancer to the balancing of this game. Every single aircraft except the one that needed to be able to be fought effectively are ridiculously easily destroyed by it. Every aircraft it brings down is either harmless or easy to take down normally, meaning that the HL literally does nothing but damage to this game. Jets remain untouched, while they were the only aircraft that needed to be touched.

Indeed. Exactly.

 

It would be so easy to add a couple of conditionals to the homing launcher so that it only locks onto jets. Rockstar already has the code for selective lock-on for the Buzzard missiles, so it's not like they have to start from scratch.

 

It's pretty obvious by now that Rockstar GTA Online design decisions are intended to troll the player base.

Edited April 13, 2016 by saintsrow

[Mr_Zombly]

 

Yes. Very useful against helicopters.

 

Especially those that don't exist.

 

Eesh, calm down man.

 

Anyway, I was about to post this the depreciation thread but it was locked

homing rockets can be dodged easily if you got a hole in your back

Edited April 13, 2016 by Mr_Zombly

[tenpennyisplainevil]

That's a missile from another helicopter and as such, not nearly as manoeuvrabe as the HL missile. Normal missiles don't do 180 turns AFTER you dodge them, HL missiles sadly do.

[AVARITIA]

 

 

Yes. Very useful against helicopters.

 

Especially those that don't exist.

 

Eesh, calm down man.

 

Anyway, I was about to post this the depreciation thread but it was locked

homing rockets can be dodged easily if you got a hole in your back

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Thank you for 56 mb gif m8

[saintsrow]

 

 

 

Yes. Very useful against helicopters.

 

Especially those that don't exist.

 

Eesh, calm down man.

 

Anyway, I was about to post this the depreciation thread but it was locked

homing rockets can be dodged easily if you got a hole in your back

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Thank you for 56 mb gif m8

 

Indeed. I'm glad I'm not on mobile.

 

Oh, wait ... I am on mobile damn

[Audi]

This thread trololol

[Hunter]

Lol, this is what jet pilots think of your homing launcher:

 

[Mr_Zombly]

That's a missile from another helicopter and as such, not nearly as manoeuvrabe as the HL missile. Normal missiles don't do 180 turns AFTER you dodge them, HL missiles sadly do.

I didn't really notice a difference between the two, I thought they were pretty much the same, and looking back yeah I realise the guy shot before I killed him, it was a bit too hectic when it happened.

[Hunter]

 

That's a missile from another helicopter and as such, not nearly as manoeuvrabe as the HL missile. Normal missiles don't do 180 turns AFTER you dodge them, HL missiles sadly do.

I didn't really notice a difference between the two, I thought they were pretty much the same, and looking back yeah I realise the guy shot before I killed him, it was a bit too hectic when it happened.

 

If it was from a helicopter, then yes they actually behave very differently.

 

I wish it wasn't so, but it is. Jets can still dodge them pretty much all the time, but helicopters have more trouble.

[Mr_Zombly]

 

 

That's a missile from another helicopter and as such, not nearly as manoeuvrabe as the HL missile. Normal missiles don't do 180 turns AFTER you dodge them, HL missiles sadly do.

I didn't really notice a difference between the two, I thought they were pretty much the same, and looking back yeah I realise the guy shot before I killed him, it was a bit too hectic when it happened.

 

If it was from a helicopter, then yes they actually behave very differently.

 

I wish it wasn't so, but it is. Jets can still dodge them pretty much all the time, but helicopters have more trouble.

 

Oh, never looked into it really, I thought they just used the rockets from aircraft and made them shoot from a launcher, I don't understand why'd they go to so much effort to make them more effective if the ammo is as cheap as it is...

[Hunter]

Oh, never looked into it really, I thought they just used the rockets from aircraft and made them shoot from a launcher, I don't understand why'd they go to so much effort to make them more effective if the ammo is as cheap as it is...

 

 

 

I'd post a crazy gif of one of them doing a magical turn and getting my Annihilator, but this thread's kind of overloaded with gifs and it might not work lol. Maybe in the b*tch and moan thread instead.

 

But yeah, that's actually my only problem with the homing launcher. If its missiles were like the ones every other vehicle in the game uses, I'd have no problem with it. They put these cheesy versions in it though. They have a longer range, faster speed, and can turn much sharper.

 

And they still fail to catch the only thing worth killing (jets) so it's just sh*t lol.

[SickBoy]

The homing launcher is useful for those who choose to fight on the ground when they come across a jet or heli griefer, but the problem with it is that it gives up far too quickly to be of any use against a jet. As it's been said, any "skilled" (yeah, because going round and round like the wheels on the bus requires "skill") jet pilot can simply out maneuver the rocket, yet heli pilots get sh*t on with it. I would say it needs a buff for it's range and persistence, and a nerf for it's damage, so it won't destroy any aerial vehicle in one hit. This gives the commercial planes and helicopters a chance to escape, and would greatly be helped by also essentially swapping the jets health with the attack helicopters, so a chopper could stay in the sky after taking a hit, but a jet would lose power and fall immediately, but not instantly blow up. This would appease both groups, I reckon.