What if I shoot at a missile while still not launched? Does a missile, targeted by a shooter, have a chance to explode on its own ship?asked by Fenrilh
TL;DRShooting an unarmed missile is intended to make it harmlessly break apart, while armed missiles will have a visual indicator and can explode if hit.
Dan Tracey: What we're looking at doing (and what Chris Roberts wants to happen) is that if you shoot at a missile that's not armed or activated it's not going to explode out of nowhere, it'll just disintegrate, breaking apart harmlessly. But when it IS armed and activated, we'll have a visualisation that indicates that, maybe a light on the nose that's visible at close distances. With the hornet for example, you know they're being armed as the missile doors come down, and if you hit those while the shields are down, then yes, they will explode.
As much as we love explosions, it seems like it would be a huge recipe for disaster to fly a Freelancer MIS if any explosion near them would cause a chain reaction, seems like it'd be a short flight.
Yeah, just as a tip, try not to put your missiles in hard-points near your power-plant. Just sayin'.