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Best defence against plasmatorpedos?

sandormen123sandormen123 Member Posts: 862 Arc User
I wonder, what is Your best defence against plasma torpedos?
Plainly shooting them down or using a different fancy trick?
/Floozy
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  • lonnehartlonnehart Member Posts: 846 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I personally save my torpedo spreads if I'm fighting an enemy that uses them. Just target the plasma bolt and fire away...

    But if I'm flying a ship capable of equipping Danube Runabout hangars, I just let them loose and set them to intercept mode. With the right DOFF they're so effective I hardly worry about them... unless the enemy lets loose its own torpedo spread to shoot them down.
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  • chaz200565chaz200565 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Shoot them down while using fire at will.
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  • eisenw0lfeisenw0lf Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Actually the best option against Borg HY plasma torpedos seems to be getting aggro by the cube and make its torpedo explode in close range of the cube by just spamming Romulan hyper torpedos in its way. When the borg torpedo goes boom when hitting a hyper torpedo it also inflicts massive damage and DoT on the Borg cube, effectively giving it a taste of its own medicine. I managed to bring down a cubes hitpoints by 80% this way, destroying it in a matter of seconds :D
  • sandormen123sandormen123 Member Posts: 862 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Point Defense console that you can get from the Thunderchild Heavy Escort Refit.

    Yes. Good idea. Better to press one button, than trying to hit several in a dire situation.

    Thanks.

    Plenty of other options too. I am usually doing a mix of the others, but i DO prefer to use my torpspread and cannonscatter for the main targets. :)
    With this console, i should be able to drink my prune juice without spilling it on my uniform.
    /Floozy
  • diotwdiotw Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    If I see a volley of them coming my way I usually hit Evasive Manoeuvres, Beam Fire at Will, Brace for Impact, sometimes a shield buffing power if there's one available. If it still gets through, I hit Hazard Emitters to get rid of the plasma burn.
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  • vesterengvestereng Member Posts: 2,252 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Go point blank range with them and use brace for impact getting ready to launch 4 x tricobalt mines and it's lights out.
  • lolimpicardlolimpicard Member Posts: 309
    edited January 2013
    My preferred strategy is being much faster than any destructible torpedo at all times.
    Helps with Defense %, too.

    Of course that doesn't work with every ship. With some my strategy is just taking the hit.
    As close to the enemy as possible.
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  • sollvaxsollvax Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Options

    Repulsors

    ANY FAW or similar


    Evade

    or if you have the hull for it and are capable of hull clearance
    touch the launching ship and let him burn himself

    WARNING this option does not work on the borg
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  • sandormen123sandormen123 Member Posts: 862 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    sollvax wrote: »

    or if you have the hull for it and are capable of hull clearance
    touch the launching ship and let him burn himself

    WARNING this option does not work on the borg

    Yeah. I have done this quite a few times. It is fun when it works. A little bit gambling there. Can quickly turn into an 'Oops'/*facepalm*-moment. :eek:

    Evasive manouver is practical, until i run out of steam, and another green balloon is facing me.. Happens to me quite often. Being quick about it gives me a chance to target it and shoot it down. Sadly the UI is to often funky/buggy, and won't let me target it, leading to a prune juice accident. I think the Point Defence System will benefit me a lot in such a situation.
    /Floozy
  • lewstelamon01lewstelamon01 Member Posts: 924 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I try just shooting them down. Sadly, even though I endeavor to equip weapons with acc modifiers and have full points in Starship Targeting Sensors , I tend to miss them a lot.

    Tricky buggers, they are.

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  • tobar26thtobar26th Member Posts: 799 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I try just shooting them down. Sadly, even though I endeavor to equip weapons with acc modifiers and have full points in Starship Targeting Sensors , I tend to miss them a lot.

    Tricky buggers, they are.

    Aye, you need lots of shots, or huge accuracy.


    As others have suggested - BRACE FOR IMPACT ;)


    (Oh and Hazard Emitters to clean the burn)
  • romuzariiromuzarii Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Stay in close quarters combat. Pretty much puts plasma torpedoes down for the count and they'll do some of the kill work for you if you stay close enough to the opposing player.
  • resistance9resistance9 Member Posts: 59 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    tractor beam repulsers at close range are a effective defense as well
  • shar487ashar487a Member Posts: 1,292 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I usually shoot all destructible torps, fighters, and mines with cannon scatter volley.
  • saxfiresaxfire Member Posts: 558 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I don't much care about high yield plasma torps, I'm KDF 90% of the time so I have aceton assims to take care of all the smallcraft mines and torps for me, aceton is only viable option to take them down in my opinion, fire at will is another, but that's not suitable in every ship. in fed side.. just make sure you roll with some1 that has fire at will. I dunno how mines work against them, you could pack photon mines with you just in case to try it out.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I like Fire At will. If you have 3-6 beam weapons it'll nail them most of the time.
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  • jaturnleyjaturnley Member Posts: 1,218 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Mines will do it as well. My favorite tactic when I get a cube's attention is to hit reverse and keep firing everything. Between the minefield I leave between us and the torp spreads, they very seldom get through.

    Another good option is fighter squadrons on intercept mode. Honestly, besides the Thunderchild console, this is the most effective defense screen you can have.
  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    People easily forget about the Defense Turret that came with the Collector's Edition, that was always a good way of destroying High Yield Plasma Torpedoes.

    But when it comes to Romulan Plasma Torpedoes, don't run from it, go towards the Romulans, they end up blowing themselves up with their own attacks.
  • marc8219marc8219 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Why shoot the torp down? its the best weapon to use against the borg. The best defense is to get into point blank range, then let them hit you on purpose. You still have a few seconds at point blank range to prpare for the impact, having a few buffs active at the time it hits will save you from taking most of the damage, I use BFI, aux2sif, subspace field modulater, and if i have time, hazzrds and tss to but usually isnt necessary.
    The cube will lose around half its health sometimes from the impact, then the plasma burn will take another chunk of it out. Its possible to kill cubes in a few seconds on elite even with low dps setups like engineer in a beam cruiser or sci ship. I have done this on all types of ships and survived, even as a B'rel or Defiant I still survive.
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  • twg042370twg042370 Member Posts: 2,312 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Undine? Shoot them.

    Romulan? Wait a second for the torps to change direction and kill the ship that fired it.

    Borg? Respawn.
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  • ltsmithltsmith Member Posts: 207 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Gravity Well or Tyken's Rift are fun ways to take down the Borg plasma torpedoes and plasma bolts.
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  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I usually use AOE abilities like Photonic Shockwave or Eject Warp Plasma. Scatter Volley is good too.
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  • erei1erei1 Member Posts: 4,081 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I use my fighters, they are almost always on intercept mode. They shoot torp and fighters quickly.
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  • ericphailericphail Member Posts: 87 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I second Grav Well, Tyken's Rift, Photonic Shockwave as useful choices, (Tyken's being the most easily accessible) for stopping at least some destructible torps. If you can keep at least 1 aoe going at all times, those torps aren't much threat. I think I've seen a couple die when the parent ship was tractored (not sure though).
  • defalusdefalus Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    A heavy torpedo detonates by proximity to a hostile, this is true of your own heavy torpedoes. If you fire one at an incoming heavy they will in hit each other can take each other out without needing to worry about accuaracy thus making a heavy torpedo an excellent decoy for these threats. The Romulan hyper plasma torpedo by default fires 3 destructible plasma torpedoes so if you fire them at an incoming heavy torpedo that will take it out and leave the last 2 torpedoes from your shot change to a new target.

    Not sure if I should put this out there either, but as heavy torps detonate by proximity you could always um... move your ship so someone else ends up between you and the incoming heavy torpedo.:D
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  • jaturnleyjaturnley Member Posts: 1,218 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    defalus wrote: »
    A heavy torpedo detonates by proximity to a hostile, this is true of your own heavy torpedoes. If you fire one at an incoming heavy they will in hit each other can take each other out without needing to worry about accuaracy thus making a heavy torpedo an excellent decoy for these threats. The Romulan hyper plasma torpedo by default fires 3 destructible plasma torpedoes so if you fire them at an incoming heavy torpedo that will take it out and leave the last 2 torpedoes from your shot change to a new target.

    Not sure if I should put this out there either, but as heavy torps detonate by proximity you could always um... move your ship so someone else ends up between you and the incoming heavy torpedo.:D

    I of course would never drag a tac cube back onto an idling player and let myself explode next to them. Never.
  • futurepastnowfuturepastnow Member Posts: 3,660 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Hitting the first torpedo with a gravity well will suck them all in pretty effectively.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I've heard TBR works nicely.
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