So, is it now possible to shoot down missiles with weapon fire?

[MercenaryMuffin]

I've been playing plenty of 0.3 (zomg practically a new game here), yet for all my time spent in it, I can't seem to get a definitive answer on whether or not weapons fire can now shoot down missiles. I mean, missiles are actual, rendered models now, right? Shouldn't they be able to be downed by some Phalanx-style RAC2 spam? Or is this even possible with the game engine?

[Draks]

I recall the devs saying that it is not possible to do without bogging the engine down into oblivion.

[KingLeerUK]

The missiles are not currently physical entities that you can shoot down.  Functionality postponed to a later development cycle.
 
And before anyone says "well what about that one boss fight in Crysis where you shoot down the missiles?" remember we are working in multiplayer here, and all of those entities have to be serialised over the network for all clients.  No small feat.   

[MercenaryMuffin]

Awww. Oh well, that's something to look forward to.

[NSallaNuto]

Would be possible to limit this to arrows ? much less entities to handle and it would be useful to test the concept and evaluate the load. Shooting down a missile could be rewarded with some score.

[HAARP]

btw, I think even using AMS to shoot down missiles intended for teammate should be rewarded with score.

[(TLL)Sky_walker]

I think AMS shots should not be rewarded. Reward for you is much much lower damage taken. No need to feed this any more.

Would be possible to limit this to arrows ? much less entities to handle and it would be useful to test the concept and evaluate the load. Shooting down a missile could be rewarded with some score.

Nope. They are too easy target, so A4s this way would be entirely useless.