Talk:Mosquito/@comment-4644719-20130403152848

Mosquito pilots should be aware that dumping flares isn't the only way to break a lock. In fact, simply flying behind a rock outcropping forces the rocketeer to reaquire the lock. Even after a missile has been launched, most missiles can be avoided. Missiles approach their targets by leading them a fair amount, so a pilot can dive, which forces the missiles to go to the spot the mosquito would be at when they hit, which is somewhere underground.

Both these missile avoidance tactics require the pilot to be aware of where the missile is being fired from. Other empire pilots have an easier time with that, because five Striker missiles are pretty obvious. However, once a pilot figures out where the missiles are coming from, he usually doesn't have to figure it out again. Rocketeers usually hang out near a spawn location, and they rarely reposition.