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  • nikolaykuznetsovnikolaykuznetsov Member Posts: 149 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    deokkent wrote: »
    http://www.twitch.tv/dalliah/c/3841369

    Caution: watch carefully, this might cause you to pull your hair out.

    Full disables, like PSW, Tricobalt weapons, etc, are resisted by the Inertial Dampeners skill, I belive that subsystem disables - phaser proc are not. Subspace Decompiler skill affects PSW, subsystem targeting, Viral matrix, Charged Particle Burst and Tricobalt weapons - phaser proc is not on list.
    Part of Neutronic torpedo description: ... To Foes within 3.0km of impact: 604.4 Radiation Damage 0 All Subsystem Power for 6 sec -17.3 Power Transfer Rate for 6 sec - as I understand it shutdowns system.
    Part of Tricobalt torpedo description: ... Disable for 2-4 sec - as I understand it - disables system.
    Part of Aux2damp description:... Immunity to Disable for 15 seconds - so works only on Tricobalt torpedo and other disable effects.
    From tool tips seems to me that Neutronic torpedo works as designed (intended?), perhaps Power insulators skill has some effect on Neutronic torpedo.
    Max. One-Hit: 114,966 (Quantum Torpedo - Salvo II (Federation Typhoon Class Battleship))
  • illcadiaillcadia Member Posts: 1,412 Bug Hunter
    edited January 2015
    Full disables, like PSW, Tricobalt weapons, etc, are resisted by the Inertial Dampeners skill, I belive that subsystem disables - phaser proc are not.
    Part of Neutronic torpedo description: ... To Foes within 3.0km of impact: 604.4 Radiation Damage 0 All Subsystem Power for 6 sec -17.3 Power Transfer Rate for 6 sec - as I understand it shutdowns system.
    Part of Tricobalt torpedo description: ... Disable for 2-4 sec - as I understand it - disables system.
    Part of Aux2damp description:... Immunity to Disable for 15 seconds - so works only on Tricobalt torpedo and other disable effects.
    From tool tips seems to me that Neutronic torpedo works as designed (intended?), perhaps Power insulators skill has some effect on Neutronic torpedo.

    This thread isn't about neutronic torpedoes (the item). This thread is about viral torpedoes (the starship trait from the T6 Benthan Cruiser).
  • nikolaykuznetsovnikolaykuznetsov Member Posts: 149 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Sorry, I replied to deokkent phaser+FAW problem and then got carried away :D
    Curious - if Viral torpedo isn't affected with Subspace Decompiler skill is then"disable" description entirely correct?
    Until now we had disable, subsystem disable, shutdown. Perhaps developers decided to surprise us with new disable category - the Viral disable? :D
    Max. One-Hit: 114,966 (Quantum Torpedo - Salvo II (Federation Typhoon Class Battleship))
  • illcadiaillcadia Member Posts: 1,412 Bug Hunter
    edited January 2015
    Sorry, I replied to deokkent phaser+FAW problem and then got carried away :D
    Curious - if Viral torpedo isn't affected with Subspace Decompiler skill is then"disable" description entirely correct?
    Until now we had disable, subsystem disable, shutdown. Perhaps developers decided to surprise us with new disable category - the Viral disable? :D

    Nah, I'm pretty sure it's a Hold (that's the category that Ionic Turbulence's disable is in). That's basically the ground version of a disable, so it's resisted by a space skill that doesn't exist. That's why it ignores all anti-disable stuff and isn't affected by subspace decompilers.

    They basically work the same way as disables do, they just aren't considered disables by the game code.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    It kind of led to me asking the following in the bug thread...
    As a bit of an aside, so to speak...is it actually doing the wrong type of "disable" given it's name?

    Load Viral Warhead...might have one think of oh say Viral Matrix. Viral Matrix is a Subsystem disable. The Load Viral Warhead on the other hand is doing a "stun/hold" disable. Which gets into the realm of the Nadeon Detonator console and having torps that do Photonic Shockwaves, eh?

    Load Viral Warhead...is it even supposed to be that kind of disable, eh? Wouldn't it be Load Shock Warhead or something of the like?
  • nikolaykuznetsovnikolaykuznetsov Member Posts: 149 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    If it's Hold then it should be countered with Starship Inertial Dampeners skill.
    Max. One-Hit: 114,966 (Quantum Torpedo - Salvo II (Federation Typhoon Class Battleship))
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