For some reason no matter how accurate I am with these things they just pass right through everything doing no damage? How can you hit and run with these things if they doing nothing. Edited December 3, 2013 by Yaseiko

Weird, I hit with them all the time, they're great at getting some good dmg in. They're not heat seeking though so you have to aim them straight on.

I still haven't been able to fire one off...

You need several seconds for aiming.

And then what? I've done that.

 

I've held down right click and seen the targeting reticule come up, but neither letting go, nor right clicking again, nor simply holding the right click down causes a missile to fire.

Edited December 3, 2013 by Zardac_the_Great

Strange. I don't remember having had that ...

Are you guys sure you're talking about the same rockets here? They all work differently. The heatseeking ones requires you to target for a certain amount of time then it beeps and you can let go and fire off the rocket. The others work like the blaster, you need to aim them. Edited December 3, 2013 by Hendar

I usually just aim at the same "lead" circle that I aim my laser canons at. Or you can just aim right at the ship itself. The firing arc for the pods is pretty small in the default base load out. This can be upgraded but it never gets too large.

 

There is no lock on for these. But be careful because you only get like 20 of these to start with and if you spam fire them too quickly your are left with only blasters. At least until you are killed/Kamikaze for a re-spawn with full ammo again.

Edited December 3, 2013 by drwcroaker

I fly strike fighters. I assume my concussion missiles are tracking weapons. I have to charge up a reticle. I just can't get it to fire once it seems to be locked on.

With concussion missiles and other heat seeking weapons, once you achieve lock (i.e. It repeatedly beeps very fast while the targeting reticule is flashing) you fire by letting go of the button. If at any point your target drifts out of your arc, or you let go of the button, the timer is reset and you have to start over.

 

Even then, if the target is on the ball, they can boost out of range or lose the lock by pulling an evasion maneuver, so it's not a guaranteed hit even when you launch. They are not the easiest things to use, but man are they pretty when they do land.