I find rocket puppies to be a bit unrealistic (along with being very strong):
- when rockets run into walls, rather than exploding they path around them
- rockets can change their velocity very suddenly (often in the above case), executing 90 degree turns rather than turning smoothly
Rockets do move pretty predictably. They always have a speed and a direction. If they change direction notably, their speed will not be preserved. You can use this to your advantage by forcing the rockets to make turns close to 180 degrees. A good tool for disposing of rockets is the dash. If you dash into a rocket, it will explode and you will take no damage. Bear in mind that you have to compensate for latency when doing this, though.
"As a cartoon character, I find them to be exactly realistic. Rockets are often prone to tomfoolery like this."
As a distance relative of Wile. E. Coyote, I can confirm this.
Of course they're unrealistic, no rocket would move that slowly or have that tight a turning radius. But they're certainly not too strong, they detonate on other monsters as well as being easily kitable and even shootable (and hittable with swords if you get the timing right!)
My only complaint is that they UN fixed the rocket puppy room in the FSC, there was an update that prevented the rockets from escaping the room and killing people. Now once the room is complete anyone who goes in (and doesn't know the trick) will get shot at and possibly killed outside the room.
Is it too much to ask that the Rocket puppy respawn block be turned off?
or put the mist wall up when the gate opens
Haha, I thought I would get some 'realism? in a game?' responses. My general opinion is that they should behave more like howlitzers.
As a cartoon character, I find them to be exactly realistic. Rockets are often prone to tomfoolery like this.