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swordtart · 07-09-2019, 02:49 PM

VFRP is quite expensive for cheap vehicles, but a rocket or missile launcher is generally better if you anticipate surviving for more than a few volleys. Of course even with the VFRP you can only loose 6 rockets at once, you can link all 18 MNR's and let them all go at once.

3 MMLs linked is $150 cheaper, have a +1 better to hit and weighs 50lb less than a single VFRP. You can only fire 3 shots at a time and you don't get to spread your attacks (but often that is just a way of wasting ammunition more quickly). The reload cost is also $15 less per rocket.

If you need more than 30 shots you need an extra magazines per MML which eats into your space budget, but it still ends up lighter and cheaper than the VFRP with a single magazine with the same 60 shots.

It is hard to rationalise a single light rocket costing $75 and weighing 25 lb when a single round from the MML which has slightly better performance costs $20 and only weighs 2.5 lb. Single shot rockets get a bum deal in CW ;)

07-09-2019, 02:49 PM	#450
swordtart Join Date: Jun 2008	Re: The Unoffial 2056 Vehicle Guide VFRP is quite expensive for cheap vehicles, but a rocket or missile launcher is generally better if you anticipate surviving for more than a few volleys. Of course even with the VFRP you can only loose 6 rockets at once, you can link all 18 MNR's and let them all go at once. 3 MMLs linked is $150 cheaper, have a +1 better to hit and weighs 50lb less than a single VFRP. You can only fire 3 shots at a time and you don't get to spread your attacks (but often that is just a way of wasting ammunition more quickly). The reload cost is also $15 less per rocket. If you need more than 30 shots you need an extra magazines per MML which eats into your space budget, but it still ends up lighter and cheaper than the VFRP with a single magazine with the same 60 shots. It is hard to rationalise a single light rocket costing $75 and weighing 25 lb when a single round from the MML which has slightly better performance costs $20 and only weighs 2.5 lb. Single shot rockets get a bum deal in CW ;)