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12/21/2014 10:21:03 PM
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Which is more important: Velocity or Blast Radius?
When it comes to Rocket Launchers, which is the best to focus on? What does velocity even do?
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#Destiny
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Why not both? Truth has a high blast radius and tracks and has javelin. The thing is a freaking cruse missile.
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Blast radius for sure in PVP, or obliterating crowds of the enemy. velocity for pinpointing targets like big bosses.
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Wolfpack rounds.
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LMG's
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There are 2 kinds of rocket launchers Single-shot and multi-shot before reload. Single-shots generally have a low velocity, so they have a large blast radius. Multi-shot launchers have a high velocity, but a small blast radius. This is the general pattern they follow. Velocity is how fast it moves.
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Blast radius because my rocket has tracking
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Velocity. All have decent blast radius. Doesn't help at all of it doesn't hit.
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2 RepliesI'd say Velocity is more important. I've seen Launchers with trash velocity ratings but haven't seen one with a trash blast radius. Trash velocity = whatever you shoot at is gonna move out of the way and laugh.
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Edited by Slevi: 12/22/2014 1:04:38 AMVelocity is better for my playstyle. Most of the time, you guys are firing rockets at a single high value target, as opposed to wasting a rocket on a group of low level mobs.
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I usually go with velocity because I hate when you shoot a slow rocket and a boss just jumps out of the way. Also I feel launchers already have a huge blast radius anyway.
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Velocity = round hits target quicker. Blast Radius = round does more AoE damage. I would pick velocity for single bosses and blast radius for mobs. But there's no button to swap weapon sets in Destiny, unlike most "MMORPG" games.
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It depends but I usually go velocity
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Reload speed.
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Neither...timing and tracking!
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You only have to worry about velocity when your launcher doesn't have tracking. Bosshorn, you want BR. The Truth, you want BR. Hezen Vengeance, you want velocity. Dragon's Breath, you want velocity.
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If you have tracking it makes velocity much less important. But I'd say for pvp you want velocity, since you're trying to take out single fast moving targets. But for pve you're mainly targeting bosses or large masses of enemies, so speed isn't as important as the explosion size
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3 RepliesDepends, if the rockets take awhile to get there, you'll want velocity, but rockets with cluster bombs and such benefit a lot from blast radius. I usually try to balance a weapon with the perks, giving it more range, or stability, or velocity, depending on the weapon type, to balance its stats more. Rocket launchers really don't need more stability, so I tend to use whatever is lacking more, velocity or blast radius...
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Velocity is how fast the rocket travels. Blast radius, IMO is more important.
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Blast radius
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Blast radius will increase the area that enemies can be damaged, but velocity will get it there before they have time to move. I always increase velocity on rockets with a good blast zone
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Tracking rockets trump all. BTW.
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Velocity is speed, so if say blast radius as that deals damage to a wider area
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Blast Radius by far is the most important
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Velocity, I believe that's what essentially equates to damage/impact.
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1 ReplyVelocity. I've seen countless enemies dodge rockets I have shot with low velocity. Blast radius is more for damaging things around your target or if your a terrible shot and intend on missing much.
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8 RepliesVelocity. It's impact for rocket launchers.
