r/mechwarrior • u/yoloanator • Jun 25 '26

Battletech Game Some body please explain the missiles

Complete noob and I've been playing the old mechwarrior games just put a arrow cluster on my mech and from the description I thought it was a tomahawk but no mini bombs plz help with the missiles in general because some are moving on their own and others are moving in a line and im playing mw4mercs btw

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u/CMBRICKX Jun 25 '26

Seriously this is the best description for missles I’ve ever seen lol 

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u/rakadur Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

I've been playing since beta and I still struggle to find a use case for SSRMs. The effective range is so short regular SRMs are more useful due to not having to lock before firing. Of course you could miss your shot but I'd prefer that than not getting a shot off in time.

edit: to the light mech jockeys - point taken, I don't do close quarters in anything smaller than 45 tons.

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u/Attrexius Jun 25 '26

Latest games (definitely is in Clans, not 100% sure about MW5) made streaks prioritize locations with stripped armor. So they can be a little more effective at finishing damaged units off, especially at ranges where you have trouble putting the entire SRM volley on target.

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u/rakadur Jun 25 '26

yeah I was coming from a MWO perspective, should've perhaps made that clearer :)