So another rocket launcher?

Personally would love for everyone to get these as my Prowler has IR smoke at max rank. 5 secs immunity to lock-on, 10 secs cool down after I use them (15s actual c/d). I'll eat HA through my own smoke with IR optics. No dealing with sneaky HA flanking my rear, as I'll be able to hear the lock-on and look for them.

Please buy these.

When will they release the decimator that also locks on to air. lol
Wake me up when they get to that one.

It does less damage and has no dumbfire, it's fine, now you guys can stop whining.

I couldn't find it in game. I think they forgot to actually add it. Not listed in the store or cert tree.

Welcome to F2P, this is how it normally work.

Take 1 AA "lock on" launcher

Fire at aircraft.... that works well (pre patch problems ... I hasten to add)... Hold up a mo..... aims at tank and fires in dumb mode.... damn... that works as well. (slightly less damage than normal dumb fire variant)

Looks at others that have rushed out and brought both lock-ons in a stampede of greed...... smiles

How good is the dumbfire mode on the AA launcher? I'm curious if it flys straight and does the same damage as the standard launcher.

Post patch problems ... you had to aim high at long range but flew straight as a die.

now range has gone all to pot

damage is slightly below dumb fire standard launcher

Considering the crash issues reported and that I downloaded two patches I guess SOE rolled back the changes they wanted to make.

It's not even in the game...however Sony are still giant douches anyway.

*- 15% off all infantry weapons. NOT FOR CERTS THO HAHAHAHA!!

Can't see myself playing this much longer. The initial "oooh shiny!" will wear off soon. Very soon if they keep acting like they want us to hate them.

sorry, I am trying to find the official post (I guess its on the patch notes somewhere but I cant find them on the forums), but there seems to be conflicting posts here.

• Are the previous lockon launchers getting dumbfire back now?
• Is this just a lower powered rocket launcher but locks on to both air and ground (no dumbfire)?
• have they listed the price?
• what other items are patched (or a link to the patch notes in full)?

Why the heck would you buy anything until the 21st anyway?

My thanks again to the guy who gave me the link to PS2 Character Stats page

Now I can ignore posts like this

Why are you all complaining that they are releasing new content? While I agree they shouldn't be adding something like this that will likely make every other weapon varient useless I still think it is great that they will continue adding new stuff to play with otherwise the game becomes stale.

The last rocket launcher they released is worse than the original dumbfire rocket and comes with fewer rockets.
This one is a lock-on launcher meaning its no fun to use. I will never buy a launcher that feels lame to use Only skill-rockets coming from this guy.

No one actually cares about skill when it comes to necessary stuff like anti-tank/anti-air work. Good luck reliably nailing air without lock on and I mean vaguely competent pilots.

The previous lockon launchers never lost dumbfire. There was a lot of protest about that when the patch notes were released because dumb-fire is a very important aspect of the launchers, they decided not to remove the dumb fire from existing launchers.

We don't know about power "damage", but yes. The new launcher can lock on to both air and ground, but can't be fired unless it has a lock on to something.

Unsure of price. Expect its a 700 SC, 500 or 1000 cert though.

http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/server-downtime-12-19-2012.68964/

They should have introduced a fly by wire version of the standard rocket launcher instead. Saw a video of one from BFBC2 and it looked like it was a lot of fun to use while still requiring skill to use. Another lockon version will immediately just marginalize the two specialized variants. You can already see the result in the angry people in this thread.

Why not introduce something skill-based and awesome instead?

thanks!

This is why I am not buying any new weapons. If you really think about it - there is SO MUCH more SOE need to add to this game to keep it going, keep people interested and I am sure they have all that stuff lined up which is why they are constantly releasing new weapons/features with every other update.

Here is my advice: Stick to what you are good with right now and farm the certs that you can and ride out these updates and new weapons. Let SOE release new weapons, let them change the new weapons stats, let them do what they want until they are done. THEN, and only then do you buy the weapon with the highest certainty of not getting screwed.

I feel sorry for the impulse buyers but I hope they take this as a lesson learned.

Edit: p.s. I have been using the Shrike for all my rocket needs and it is awesome. Takes a certain amount of skill to use and aim right to hit the target and I love it.