Thread: Torpedo layout
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Old 04-25-11, 12:30 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by maillemaker View Post
Really?

Steve
Other than the stock academy, I have never seen a merchant react to a T1 bubble trail.

Obviously, since it happens in stock academy, and since in stock it is possible for an enemy merchant to stop on a dime, or ramp up speed, I know it is theoretically possible. But I never saw it (granted, it has been years since I played stock).

In GWX, merchants seem to behave more in accord with the physics of "real life" momentum. So even if they do spot the trail (and I believe they very rarely do), they cannot react sufficiently to spoil the shot.

I suppose if you fired from extreme range on a calm day, and the merchant had an elite crew, the merchant could speed up or slow down enough to cause a miss -- but at that range, a finger twitch of delay firing would also cause a miss.

[Yes, I know the GWX modders know exactly what merchants are and aren't capable of, and I appreciate their not telling all. My observations are just that... my observations, without digging into the game files.]
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