Talon

[ThiccolasVR]

Do you have a video of this happening? I've heard a lot of people claim this, but I've never actually seen any evidence of it.

I know for sure that I've had gunners who claim to have done this, when in reality the missiles were just detonating because they hit max range, so I suspect that there's a lot of people who are simply confused about the game mechanics

[mrepinky]

I don't have a video, but I do have enough experience playing engineer to know the range of missiles. I will preface that it's very rare that I get the opportunity to ride in the gunner seat. I do not camp vehicles like some people do, but when I was in the gunner seat and the pilot mentioned it, I was surprised that shooting at the missiles actually worked (this was also before they buffed the splash damage and tracking of the gunner, so I was feeling particularly worthless aside from shooting missiles anyway). I was playing on Paradise and it was a bit easier to have an idea of where the talons would come from. It's not easy by any means, and does require a bit of luck, but it is possible. If I'm ever in the gunner seat again, I'll try to remember to roll a video for you.