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fix plasma torpedo speed

skollulfrskollulfr Member Posts: 5,407 Arc User
edited January 2015 in Builds, Powers, and Game Mechanics
especially on the romulan version.
its utterly stupid.
make the torpedos self destruct after X flight time or something. anyway to make them act like torpedos instead of mines that rarely reach their target, and with the increasing amount of aoe, are becoming so stupidly out of place they might as well be an imported element from a completly different game put here as a show case.
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  • geminisierrageminisierra Member Posts: 180 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    the romulan torpedoes go out nice and slow, especially when they're fired as HYT. It does get annoying when I end up flying ahead of them.
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited December 2014
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  • autumnturningautumnturning Member Posts: 743 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Romulan Torpedo vs Beam Fire At Everything FOREVER!!!

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  • kriskringle3kriskringle3 Member Posts: 158 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Romulan and Reman Space sets (2 Pc) is supposed to improve the flight speed.
  • section31agent#8506 section31agent
    section31agent#8506
         Member Posts: 665 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    It isn't just the rommie torps. The mechanic for ALL torps speed is broken. Enemies can simply out run torps until they explode regardless if they are HYT or Torp Spread. Frankly I am so disgusted with the wholesale changes they have implemented example beam weapons that crit 40% of the time doing between 40-84K damage while my heaviest torp does maybe 6k damage. While we are at it.... can someone explain how a plasma energy torpedo does kinetic damage? I am befuzzeled by the science behind how energy takes solid form and detonates after leaving the starship as a energy bolt. Didn't ANY of the Devs bother to look at the original Star Trek Romulan torpedoes?
  • kriskringle3kriskringle3 Member Posts: 158 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    arnthebard wrote: »
    Didn't ANY of the Devs bother to look at the original Star Trek Romulan torpedoes?

    I think they did:

    Romulan "Mega" Torpedo, the Red Beach ball of Death. Mine (with Consoles) detonate with 50K Damage (non-crit) with Radiation damage and reduction of resistance for x secs.

    Only Available on the T'Varo. Gaud I wish I could used the Intel "transport to bridge" with this one .
  • msduckmsduck Member Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    kriskringle3 wrote: »
    I think they did:

    Romulan "Mega" Torpedo, the Red Beach ball of Death. Mine (with Consoles) detonate with 50K Damage (non-crit) with Radiation damage and reduction of resistance for x secs.

    Only Available on the T'Varo. Gaud I wish I could used the Intel "transport to bridge" with this one .

    the fun thing is it scales to over 170k with crits and proper build, applied to 2.5 km radius.

    plasma torpedoes are hard to use, but hilarious in combat when used well.. I have them on like six toons now- it's by far my favorite torpedo

    tricks:

    fly into the enemy, then fire, leaving a trail of death as you pass

    on the tvarto, do circles under your target

    grav well mobs, then use plasma torps with aoe like DPT, Omega, or the new RD one

    as each plasma counts as a separate type, you can load all four and fire without tripping the timer

    lay plasma like mines, to where enemy mobs will spawn

    - and for folks who say they don't work, I win in karat a lot more often than I lose :)
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited January 2015
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  • heresincebetaheresincebeta Member Posts: 163 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    To be honest, if torps just used the ship that fired them as initial velocity it'd go a long way... right now if you're flying at full speed, your plasma torps drop off behind you. Terrible mechanic.
  • heckgoblinheckgoblin Member Posts: 685
    edited January 2015
    All of STO's slow/destructible torpedoes need a re-work. They simply do not arrive on target any more.
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  • autumnturningautumnturning Member Posts: 743 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Behold the power of Beam Fire At Will At Everything FOREVER!!!!
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