Spend TL on Barrage Rockets and Proton Rockets

[topacesteve 59]

Hello, since these 2 rockets don require lock to fire, and are just straight firing missiles, whats the point in spending TL to 

modify the results??? it should be prohibited....

[Innese 2,537]

2 minutes ago, topacesteve said:

Hello, since these 2 rockets don require lock to fire, and are just straight firing missiles, whats the point in spending TL to 

modify the results??? it should be prohibited....

Any attack can use a Target Lock

[missileaway 165]

Because you can use a target lock to modify dice results on any attack? 
 

If you can focus and lock before shooting a proton rocket, your odds of scoring hits are far better than just having a focus.

[emeraldbeacon 1,995]

4 hours ago, Innese said:

Any attack can use a Target Lock

* - Unless the attack of a Target Lock would somehow be prohibited.  For example, you can't spend a target lock on a Snap Shot, or when attacking an enemy Midnight who has you locked.

[emeraldbeacon 1,995]

It may help, if you re-frame your understanding of what a target lock is, and why you might take one.  It has one, simple, primary function - to allow rerolls for attack dice.  That's it!  You can spend that lock on almost any attack, to reroll those non-damage results into (hopefully) something better.  It doesn't matter if it's a primary attack, an ordnance-style special weapon like a Torpedo, or a different special weapon like an ion turret... you still have the ability to spend the lock, ALMOST all the time.

There are also many secondary reasons to take a target lock, though... Obviously, there are some Special Weapons which have a requirement (game term) that you have an active lock, before they can be used (most missiles, all torpedoes).  The important thing to remember here, is that the requirement is only that you HAVE a lock to be able to shoot... you don't have to spend it.  Similarly, for weapons like Barrage Missiles, you have to have a focus token... the lock is irrelevant, as is whether or not you spend the focus token.

It's also worth noting that there are several pilots (like Midnight, Shara Bey, Baktoid Prototype, etc) for whom gaining a lock will have extra utility, beyond simply rerolling dice.

[DarthSempai 354]

Why should it be ''prohibited''? Like what rule occurrence does it break?

Me think someone was shot at by a proton rocket and had 5 dice rerolled into 5 hit, and is unhappy about it!

[5050Saint 2,127]

On 4/30/2020 at 10:16 AM, topacesteve said:

Hello, since these 2 rockets don require lock to fire, and are just straight firing missiles, whats the point in spending TL to modify the results??? it should be prohibited....

Would you say the same for the opposite? That you cannot spend focus on a missile that requires a lock?

Edited May 6 by 5050Saint

[Andyf1702 20]

10 hours ago, 5050Saint said:

Would you same the same for the opposite? That you cannot spend focus on a missile that requires a lock?

No, if an attack requires a lock, you can still spend a focus to mod the dice (eyeball to hit).

You can also spend the lock to re-roll any of the dice

[5050Saint 2,127]

5 hours ago, Andyf1702 said:

No, if an attack requires a lock, you can still spend a focus to mod the dice (eyeball to hit).

You can also spend the lock to re-roll any of the dice

Thank you, but I wasn't asking for rules clarification, I was asking the OP about their philosophy. They seem to think you shouldn't be able to spend lock on an attack that requires a focus. I was wondering if they felt the same about the reverse.