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What Causes This Effect?

evans2941evans2941 Member Posts: 5 Arc User
edited November 2012 in The Academy
Recently I've noticed (especially with plasma torpedo) some weird things:

1. Sometimes when an enemy fires at me, the torpedo will travel a short distance then reverse it's course and hit the ship that fired it.

2. Other times a group of enemies, same type, will fire at me... torpedo travels short distance... then it alters course and slams into one of his allies.

I was like WTH? LOL :confused:

Does anyone know what causes this? Or is it a bug?
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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Heavy torpedoes are susceptible to things like scramble sensors or antimatter spread that can make them retarget friendlies or the ship that fired them. Can actually be a viable strategy if you get lucky against a Warbird or Unimatrix.
  • majortiraomegamajortiraomega Member Posts: 2,214 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    The science captain ability scattering field also has a chance to deflect heavy torpedoes back into the enemy you are currently targeting, if the enemy is within 5Km.
    --->Ground PvP Concerns Directory 4.0
    --->Ground Combat General Bugs Directory
    Real join date: March 2012 / PvP Veteran since May 2012 (Ground and Space)
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