Omega Torpedo Disintegration

tyler002

How conditions are needed to disintegrate targets with the Omega Torpedo? I've done it several times but have no idea what caused it, can't figure out a pattern and didn't see anything in the wiki about it.

ironmako

from my experience, it is when you use the High Yield Torp, and the target ship has to be of a HP that is below the total damage output of said torpedo.

lopequil

When you hit a target with the high yield projectile they get a short duration debuff and if they drop to 0HP while the debuff is there... woomph.

tyler002

Ah, so it works similar to the Expose/Exploit combo?

Only the High Yield version?

lopequil

It has no relation to expose/exploit. It's simply that if a ship is destroyed within - I think - 10 seconds of being hit by a HY Omega plasma torpedo it's disintegrated.

And yes, it only applies to HY shots, aka disco balls.

tyler002

I said they sound similar, specifically in that they're vaporised/disintegrated if killed within a certain time limit after using a specific special attack.

The only real difference I see is that Expose/Exploit needs a specific attack to get the kill, while the Omega effect doesn't.

darkknightucf

The Omega torpedo under HYx does the VGer disintegration effect when it kills the target, whether it be an enemy, or yourself...

In one of my Romulan Torpedo tutorials, I demonstrate it VGer-ing a target (and myself).

shadowfirefly00

Hilarity ensues if the target is one of the Unimatrix command ships. It will disintegrate... then reappear and explode 'normally'.

ironmako

On one of my BoP's i have the Borg/Omega set combo. What I tend to do is wait till the enemy has about 50% of it's HP, then unleash a High Yield Omega torp at them, that pretty much guaranteees disintegration, as long as you hit a flank without any shield.