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Originally posted by BattleDog
Well there is conclusive proof that you use antigravs. In startup on WCIII
"Repulsorlifts online"
So there you go.
I still think Mass/Size is reversed. Generally fighters get bigger, not smaller. You start with tiny by-planes and work up to jets.
So since that doesn't happen it suggests all the tech is mature. If missiles are smaller how come the Thud and Excal is SO don't carry more.
I say that in WCI-III-IV size/mass is screwed and in WCP mass is screwed.
The missiles may be smaller, but that doesn't mean your older fighters can suddenly carry more. Those inline bays use hardpoints. Take a look at the F/A-22 for one example of this in current tech. It's not just a 'missile bay', at least not from what we can tell. You still saw missile hardpoints in the WC3 missile loadout screen.
Besides, you'd need to do some serious reprogramming of the systems to handle more missiles - changing parameters to allow the fighter to target/interface with newer generations of missiles is probably far easier in comparison.