Today I updated my missile racks and put a bunch of cluster missiles (Rattler II) on them because i remember they used to be the beast next then.
Now I notice that they often hit the target without splitting into smaller missiles. Is there something like a “minimum split distance” or just a bug about them?
I like how overwhelming the number of pips becomes when they work well! 😎
The bug with Rattlers is that sometimes the cluster munitions inside the missile don’t get restocked. That’s most likely why you see this happening.
I remember when Rattlers worked well 😃 and everyone was spamming them, but that was many years ago. Missiles in general started working better again in 3.18, but they’re still pretty hit-or-miss. And NPCs will target and shoot them now! so Rattlers might be the way to go (too many projectiles for them to get them all).
I checked the issue council and found this: https://issue-council.robertsspaceindustries.com/projects/STAR-CITIZEN/issues/STARC-1844
I’ll check next time I play, it seems they are being restocked by the mini-missiles instead of the full thing.
That seems like it! They worked great just after installing them, but after restock is when they stopped clustering…