Clarification on the assault rocket unlock

[Unzen]

Do they actually do anything to an enemy on the run? By that, do they have to hit say a hard surface before detonation?

I was just attacking a titan, when one of the EU guys podded back onto his own titan. As he fell from the mezzanine corridor bit and down to cargo bay, I took aim with the rockets at a close-ish distance.

He spotted me an ran towards me, by which time I had put two rockets into his torso with seemingly little effect. "Schlick"....... and I'm knifed.

Is this a feature to stop the rockets being a super accurate, high damage shotgun?

[Wizrdwarts]

Minimum range is 20 meters, below that they won't explode.

[vanilla]

Yep, they hardly do any damage below 20m. Probably one or two Health Points. You can however set it to damage at various distances.

[sempf]

whith a headshot at 20 metres you can 1hk the enemie. a headshot does 24 dammage and a headshot explosion does the other dammage(overkill). but if you want to kill the enemie in less then 20 metres you need 2 to 3 headshots with it. and then a normal AR or even pistol is better.

[iQue]

Is this a feature to stop the rockets being a super accurate, high damage shotgun?

Correcto.

They explode either by hitting a wall or you can set the range yourself by scrolling with the mousewheel... It's tricky but is great against people behind cover.

[Vreki]

Correcto.

They explode either by hitting a wall or you can set the range yourself by scrolling with the mousewheel... It's tricky but is great against people behind cover.

To sum up the answers:
Unscoped mode is impact detonation
Scoped mode will detonate at a pre-set range, which defaults to the distance to your target. Mousewheel adjust this.
And minimum arming distance is 20m

[Wizrdwarts]

It's not tricky at all. Most of the time I use airburst it goes like this:
1) Enemy goes behind cover
2) Point crosshair at the thing he's taking cover behind.
3) Mousewheel up one or two clicks, 2 or 4 meters is fine for most cover
4) Fire!

[Unzen]

Nice one chaps - that's cleared that one up for me. :salute:

[imported_Field]

use rockets for if someone is behind cover you scope at some reference object and increase the xplode ditance a little bit over that.

[Skates]

Still one of the best guides to the AR Rockets I have seen. It's worth a read.

http://www.totalgamingnetwork.com/main/showthread.php?t=23699

[Drewsly]

Or just use the hertzog.

[imported_Field]

herzog is fun i've been using it for a bit but whenever it takes me more than 1 shot to kill someone i curse the thing and dont think its worth it. Rockets are better but herzog is more manly and respectable

[Fingulfin]

A PK to the chest at close range does 24 Damage... So much fun to have point-blank PK Rocket fights

[BandoIruka]

it can explode on impact upon hitting an enemy if you aim it good. almost a 1 hit KO.

You can also fire it on the move and it tends to drift depending on your strafing direction. Need to "lead" the shot in relation to your movement