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Photon Torpedo Point Defense

rimmarierimmarie Member Posts: 418 Arc User
edited March 2015 in Federation Discussion
Photon Torpedo Point Defense

Any chance this console becoming Universal in the near future?

Mah Torpedo Boat really wants it but
my Escort Carrier was like 'NO! MINE!'
then the Torpedo Boat was like "Pleeeez?"
then my Escort Carrier was like "FINE...but only If the Devs say its ok"
So my Torpedo Boat said "Hey BlooKatt, ask the devs if I can haz the Torpedo thingy"

So I asked :)
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  • grendelthewise#0990 grendelthewise
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    edited February 2015
    I would love to have this as a universal console. It's a waste not utilizing it on other ships. You wouldn't have to equipped your ship with any torpedoes at all, just use the photon Torpedo Point defense, but I wouldn't know if the cooldown would be worth it though.
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  • rimmarierimmarie Member Posts: 418 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    monodoso wrote: »
    I would love to have this as a universal console. It's a waste not utilizing it on other ships. You wouldn't have to equipped your ship with any torpedoes at all, just use the photon Torpedo Point defense, but I wouldn't know if the cooldown would be worth it though.

    2 mins isn't too bad of a cooldown. It wouldn't be game-breaking and it could be weakened if equipped on Small Craft like the Phaser Point defense
  • jst455jst455 Member Posts: 193 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    spatial charge console is not as nice, but is good to have until this dream comes true
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  • reynoldsxdreynoldsxd Member Posts: 977 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    by this point, all t5 and lower console should become universal for their faction.
  • innuwarriorinnuwarrior Member Posts: 305 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Yeah, make it universal and put in a lock box for kdf players. My kdf aligned reman Torp T'Varo drools just thinking about it :D
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  • senatorvreenaksenatorvreenak Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Don't see that happening frankly, since it only really makes sense on the Akira.
    The whole point with the Torpedo console, is that the Akira is canonicly a torpedo boat with no less than a staggering 15 torpedo launchers, and thus is plausibly rigged for spraying torpedoes all around it in a 360 degree arc.
  • neomodiousneomodious Member Posts: 428 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    innuwarrior wrote: »
    Yeah, make it universal and put in a lock box for kdf players. My kdf aligned reman Torp T'Varo drools just thinking about it :D

    ...are you me?
  • reynoldsxdreynoldsxd Member Posts: 977 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    the nadion bombardment console..... thats something i can se wanting for ma phantom.... and Gx....
  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Keep the unique characteristic of the Akira-class where it belongs: With the Akira only.
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  • baelogventurebaelogventure Member Posts: 1,002 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    I'd love to see this console be put into the next Console Swap Box.

    It doesn't even matter what the KDF and Romulans would be swapping around, as they're irrelevant.

    Making this console into a universal would be simply amazing.
  • proteus22proteus22 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    i like this idea i already havey it on the armitage but if i could drop that on my fleet t5u patrol escort which already has the nadion saturation bomb and isomeric charge consoles she cwould truly be a beast of a destroyer
  • darkknightucfdarkknightucf Member Posts: 1,546 Media Corps
    edited March 2015
    baelogventure wrote: »
    I'd love to see this console be put into the next Console Swap Box.

    It doesn't even matter what the KDF and Romulans would be swapping around, as they're irrelevant.

    Making this console into a universal would be simply amazing.

    Even then, there's never enough console slots....
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  • gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    baelogventure wrote: »
    It doesn't even matter what the KDF and Romulans would be swapping around, as they're irrelevant.

    I lost you right there. Don't blow off KDF and Romulan players just because you personally don't play them.
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  • nightmarechi1dnightmarechi1d Member Posts: 62 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    I'm saying this as someone who plays almost 100% exclusively Federation characters. If Feds can have Plasmonic Leech, I see no reason Klingons can't have the Torpedo Point Defense. Would be a nice trade for the Barrier Shield. I'd love to get my hands on that. So useful in CCA.
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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    gradii wrote: »
    I lost you right there. Don't blow off KDF and Romulan players just because you personally don't play them.

    Interesting to call them irrelevant, too, since the way console swaps have worked so far, they'd be the only ones able to get it.
  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,674 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    gradii wrote: »
    I lost you right there. Don't blow off KDF and Romulan players just because you personally don't play them.

    I believe baelogventure means that it doesn't matter what KDF and Rom console is given in return, so long as that one becomes un-ship-locked Fed side.
    hevach wrote: »
    Interesting to call them irrelevant, too, since the way console swaps have worked so far, they'd be the only ones able to get it.

    Actually, the console becomes unlocked on the faction it's from to be used on any ship after it's stuffed in a box for the other factions. The Metreon Gas Canisters were previously restricted to only Assault Cruisers (Sovereign class ships in other words), but after they were added to a cross-faction pack you can now have that console on any Fed ship after you pull it off the Assault Cruiser Refit.
  • induperatorinduperator Member Posts: 806 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Id love to use it on the Galaxy Class, who wouldn't love a 360 degree Photon torpedo spread?
    Because of it's arc it is excellent for slow turning vessels.
  • induperatorinduperator Member Posts: 806 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    gradii wrote: »
    I lost you right there. Don't blow off KDF and Romulan players just because you personally don't play them.

    Photon torpedo point defence for the RR and the KDF

    Shield absorptive frequency remodulator for KDF and the Federarion

    Shield Destabiliser for the Federation and RR

    That would be the Ideal console package for me. :rolleyes:
  • berniewisemanberniewiseman Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    I wouldn't mind if they made the torpedo point defence console universal, but in exchange I wish they'd continue the Akira line into tier 6 with a new ship that shares customization parts with the rest of the class, and retains the Armitage's hangar bay.(ok, I'll admit it, new specialized boffs aside, I just want more bridge seats on my Armitage lol).
  • orion0029orion0029 Member Posts: 1,122 Bug Hunter
    edited March 2015
    I'm a bit mixed about the Torpedo point defense, on one hand it would be so awesome to use it on my Galaxy or Guardian, but on the other hand it is the special feature of the Armitage, kinda like the Quantum focused Phaser of the Vesta...:confused:

    As for a T6 Armitage, I would STRONGLY support this, I could even see this ship as Intel, Pilot, or even Command (with a small amount of imagination). I'd even buy a 3 pack bundle if they decided to make one of each! :D
  • induperatorinduperator Member Posts: 806 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    orion0029 wrote: »
    I'm a bit mixed about the Torpedo point defense, on one hand it would be so awesome to use it on my Galaxy or Guardian, but on the other hand it is the special feature of the Armitage, kinda like the Quantum focused Phaser of the Vesta...:confused:

    As for a T6 Armitage, I would STRONGLY support this, I could even see this ship as Intel, Pilot, or even Command (with a small amount of imagination). I'd even buy a 3 pack bundle if they decided to make one of each! :D

    The Console is just a 360 degree photon Torpedo spread with a two minute cool down I would hardly call it a "special feature", the quantum focused phaser is based on technology that is unique to the Vesta class starship but a photon torpedo spread is hardly unique, any vessel should be able to use it.
  • orion0029orion0029 Member Posts: 1,122 Bug Hunter
    edited March 2015
    induperator wrote: »
    The Console is just a 360 degree photon Torpedo spread with a two minute cool down I would hardly call it a "special feature", the quantum focused phaser is based on technology that is unique to the Vesta class starship but a photon torpedo spread is hardly unique, any vessel should be able to use it.

    Ok, I usually avoid arguing semantics, but the Akira/Armitage was designed to be a torpedo boat (read the ingame description if you disagree).

    And while a 360 degree torpedo weapon with a 2 minute cooldown doesn't sound like anything special, in reality the Photon point defense fires out up to 48 torpedoes in one salvo, which equates out to reloading one torpedo every 2.5 seconds and can fire them in any direction around the ship unlike other torpedoes which fire in a 90 degree arc (sometimes 180) and generally have a much longer reload.

    Comparing the Torpedo Point Defense to a Torpedo spread is a bit of a generalization when you look at the details don't you think?

    Also worth noting, a Torpedo spread takes a weapon slot AND a boff slot, this is all in one console slot, which allows you to use it with a torpedo spread at the same time should you choose. (I've done that, very fun:D)

    Edit: also I might add I'm not opposed to making it universal I said I had mixed feelings about it.
  • sharpie65sharpie65 Member Posts: 679 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    While it would be interesting to see if it DOES become a fleet-wide console (as opposed to being locked on to the Akira line), it's a feature that would no longer be unique to the Akira and thus wouldn't be as fun for me personally.

    I don't have the ship yet, but I would like a third Akira modernisation with a console or weapon to work in a set with both PD consoles.
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