Hargh'Peng torp

talien

So, a while back I realized how many +Radiation damage mods we've been getting on gear lately and figured why not give this oldie a go again? The only thing that really holds it back is it's long cooldown and the fact that it's not affected by torp boff skills, but with 3x VR torp doffs the CD is often nearly negated in a torp build and there are better choices for use with TS/HY like the PEP torp.

I don't have exact numbers since I don't parse but I had a lot of fun with it so I figured I'd toss this out there if anyone else wants to try it.

gerwalk0769

I use the torpedo as a burst (larger amount of damage with a longer cooldown) torpedo on my torpedo boats. And it does shield bypassing damage as well. I wish we could buff the torpedo outside of Tac. consoles and that +radiation items would buff it also.

talien

+Radiation does buff the explosion since that does radiation damage, but yeah it'd be nice if there was more than the generic +torp tac consoles for the initial hit itself since TS/HY don't affect it.

chastity1337

So what are some of the Rad dmg boosts to which you refer?

welcome2earf

Sadly, radiation buffs do NOT buff 'Peng radiation. Apparently since the radiation is an "Entity" or some TRIBBLE it can't be easily buffed. Do a search on the bug forums about this; I posted something about this after the Undine rep came out.

talien

chastity1337 wrote: »

So what are some of the Rad dmg boosts to which you refer?

Some of the rep gear had +rad damage, I don't recall exactly what at the moment.

welcome2earf wrote: »

Sadly, radiation buffs do NOT buff 'Peng radiation. Apparently since the radiation is an "Entity" or some **** it can't be easily buffed. Do a search on the bug forums about this; I posted something about this after the Undine rep came out.

Well that's lame. I know a few other people who were experimenting with it and hoping it was going to be viable. It's still decent damage if it's upgraded but if it can't be buffed with anything that limits it. Given the track record of things like this it'll probably just get labeled WAI.

pottsey5g

talien wrote: »

but with 3x VR torp doffs the CD is often nearly negated in a torp build and there are better choices for use with TS/HY like the PEP torp.

I don't have exact numbers since I don't parse but I had a lot of fun with it so I figured I'd toss this out there if anyone else wants to try it.

Those VR doffs have almost no impact on the CD and wont reduce it lower then 10 seconds, I don't think we can call a 10sec cool down nearly negated. Also the radation boosting gear doesn't boost Hargh'Peng. Its still in my top 3 fave torps but its not very effective to use apart from on shuttles.

talien

pottsey5g wrote: »

talien wrote: »

but with 3x VR torp doffs the CD is often nearly negated in a torp build and there are better choices for use with TS/HY like the PEP torp.

I don't have exact numbers since I don't parse but I had a lot of fun with it so I figured I'd toss this out there if anyone else wants to try it.

Those VR doffs have almost no impact on the CD and wont reduce it lower then 10 seconds, I don't think we can call a 10sec cool down nearly negated. Also the radation boosting gear doesn't boost Hargh'Peng. Its still in my top 3 fave torps but its not very effective to use apart from on shuttles.

On the HP torp itself the CD is still somewhat lengthy yes, I meant if you're running a torp build you'll usually be spitting so many torps you can afford to use one with a longer CD and not miss out. With my Paradox I've usually got at least 2 torps ready to fire at any given time, and after putting the HP torp in I'm still almost never going for more than 1 second without a torp firing.