I propose an anti-missile module, which is very effective against rockets, moderately effective against missiles, and somewhat effective against light drones. There are two versions: laser and ballistic, using small crystals/ammo. This leads naturally to a new ship type, bonused for an anti-missile role.
I think it’s a great idea!
Launch some bombs at them! With enough bombs this should clear both the missiles and the ships launching the missiles.
Like reworking the defender missiles nobody uses into a little picket frigate?
That could be a neat support role. Protect your heavier fleet mates from the likes of HAM Lokis and Cenotaphs.
Could maybe be the Mordu’s destroyer we’ve been waiting for. Six launchers bonused to act like eight, and able to fit two antimissile turrets.
The defender missiles could be the Caldari version, Amarr could have a laser based AMS, and Gallente/Minnies can have ballistic flak. With the right implementation, I would envision a picket system where you try to place the AMS ships in between the enemy fleet and your own.
If this is a serious suggestion, people are already using smartbomb ships for this purpose.
It is obviously a serious suggestion, and I think you should be able to recognize that anti-missile systems exist in real-life and should certainly be part of EvE.
Missiles can already be firewalled with smartbombs, so I don’t really see the point of adding a second system that does the same thing even if it were based on real-life.
In addition to that, missiles are already at a disadvantage compared to turret-based weapons because of this capability of negating missiles in flight.
Does the gameplay really need extra defences against missiles? Besides smartbombs one can also negate missile damage with (remote) repairers.
Can you explain why you are trying so hard to shoot the idea down? Like move on to something else. Nobody needs a negative Nancy.
The idea already exists. Smartbombs do what you ask.
Ok, look, smartbombs are obviously distinct and different. No idea why you are trying to make such a patently false argument, but I’m not even going to waste my time debating that. Anyone can look at a smartbomb and see for themselves that it is something else altogether. 
Smartbombs do something else altogether.
They also kill missiles and can be used to stop missiles from ranging your fleet by placing your smartbombing ship between the enemy fleet and your own.
Like, the exact thing you suggested:
You are wasting your time Gerard. Trolling by definition is persisting in argument for the sake of the argument, even when the other party has made it clear they are not interested in your rhetoric. There are obviously fundamental differences between what I am proposing and smartbombs, and the fact that people use smartbombs for this purpose only shows there is indeed an interest in such mechanics. I cannot fathom why you are wasting your time arguing about it, but I won’t. I think there is a type of person who lacks creative ability, and instead of trying to envision how an idea might be beneficial, they want to waste everyone’s time by arguing against the idea. You can do that here, but you are talking to yourself.
Okay.
I generally think the clearest indicator of social intelligence (or lack thereof) is whether you can work with new ideas and try to find reasons why they bring something valid to the table, or whether you are the kind of person who feels the need to always disagree without any mental effort to envision other possibilities. I wish you the best of luck with your creative process, but I am too busy to debate with a Debbie Downer. Here is an article to read before your next big meeting:
I challenge you this year to find one positive thing to say about each new idea, before you start in with the mindless criticism.
Luckily I didn’t start with mindless criticism in this thread!
My first post was a joke, to positively go along with what I assumed to be a joke of a suggestion, considering that an existing weapon system already does exactly what you asked for.
My second post was meant to be helpful, intended to clarify that an existing weapon system already does exactly what you asked for, in case you did not know that already.
It wasn’t until after you repeatedly ignored my comments about smartbombs that I gave my opinion and criticized the idea.
I admit it can be helpful to also add a positive note to any criticism, so I’ll add in this case that anti-missile modules may seem suitable for EVE.
I also do however know that some anti-missile module already existed in EVE before it was reworked into the current anti-bomb ‘defender launcher’ that we know today. That was all before my time though and I do not know why the old anti-missile modules had been removed/reworked.
All I could find in a quick search just now was that people back then too recommended smart bombs against missiles, so I assume that smart bombs have had that functionality for a long time already:
Maybe someone who has been around in EVE for more than 10 years can shed some light on the old functionality of anti-missile modules and why they’re gone now.
