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>Speaking of Streaks, what happened to the board game idea that Streak SRMs
>can only be fired with lock?  I know that things change in board game to
>simulator translations, but it would be nice if this were true in Mech2 as
>well.  I've wasted a few good shots because of an itchy trigger finger.
>I wouldn't want LRMs to have this function, because I sometimes like to use
>them at under minimum range, but the Streaks should be more of a guaranteed
>hit.
>
>Eric Simon
>dark...@merle.acns.nwu.edu
>

I think the thing here is that if you have a lock, streaks home in.  If you
don't have a lock, they act like normal SRMs.  Sometimes, when your
torso is red, you really don't have the extra two seconds to wait for a
missile lock, so you fire the streaks like SRMS and pray that they hit.

I think part of the key to this game, as I've said before, may be 
reliable aim of conventional SRMs.  They use up less tonnage, and they do
just as much damage as the streak missiles.  You just have to be able
to aim as opposed to letting the targeting system do it all for you.

Not to sound like a Battletech pundit, which I am certainly not (I like
live action games like MWII, not tabletop games) but wouldn't the Clan
mechwarriors feel that SSRMS are less honorable than SRMS?  If I can 
dismember you with SRMS, it means that I can aim better than if I need
the targeting systems that come with streak missiles.