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edited March 2010 in The Academy
just wondering how you can self destruct /ramming speed someone
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    You get these abilities later on, sorry I don't remember what level I got them at. But they will show up on your bar or in your powers list just like Evasive Maneuvers did.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I got ramming speed as a commander and self destruct as a captain.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Self destruct doesn't seem that great a power. I sped into 2 Vo'qua carriers, both with full compliments of fighers and BOPs circling them and detonated at close range. I think I may have taken a fighter with me. Maybe.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    You need to do a fair bit of danage to large ships for it to destroy them.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Tried ramming in my escort when i was at 2% health it did 6k damage and killed the ship so it didnt regen which is alrght really lol

    I think self destruct is more for cruisers as i hear they do a lot of damage when the use it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Ramming speed is a great finisher when the enemy is clinging to that last shred of hull health only to see didnt hold.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    kamui wrote: »
    Self destruct doesn't seem that great a power. I sped into 2 Vo'qua carriers, both with full compliments of fighers and BOPs circling them and detonated at close range. I think I may have taken a fighter with me. Maybe.

    I believe it depends on the mass of your ship. I constantly try this. I have destroyed BoPs doing a ramming speed/abandon ship combo on my star cruiser. Believe it was mostly the tripple blast from ramming speed, abandon ship, and the warp core breach that did the damage. Warp core breach is a nasty nasty affect. :)

    On my escort I dont seem to do as much damage with that combo. Dont know if anyone else has notice anything about this.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I tend to do the ramming speed/warp core combo. Just make sure your front shields are charged up. I have taken out quite a few ships that way.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Desdecardo wrote: »
    I believe it depends on the mass of your ship. I constantly try this. I have destroyed BoPs doing a ramming speed/abandon ship combo on my star cruiser. Believe it was mostly the tripple blast from ramming speed, abandon ship, and the warp core breach that did the damage. Warp core breach is a nasty nasty affect. :)

    On my escort I dont seem to do as much damage with that combo. Dont know if anyone else has notice anything about this.

    It does depend on the speed and size difference.

    Release Notes : Feb 12, 2010:
    Ramming Speed was updated to cap modifiers based on speed of ramming ship. We also improved the damage formula to use the smaller vessel's HP as the base, modified by speed and size ratio between both ships involved. In general, ramming similar or smaller sized ships can be tactically beneficial, ramming larger ships becomes a self-sacrificing last resort.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    but why would you want to suicide a perfectly good ship by self destructing it lol. once they add the death penalty you might as well take self destruct off your bar
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    mrvwbug wrote: »
    but why would you want to suicide a perfectly good ship by self destructing it lol. once they add the death penalty you might as well take self destruct off your bar

    Well, the idea is that you use it when you don't have a perfectly good ship and are in danger of blowing up anyway. If they do something similar to City of Heroes the Death Penalty can be reduced or waved entirely in some cases, so perhaps by using Abandon Ship when you are about to blow up you get a reduced penalty since you presumably saved some crew.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Valdure wrote:
    Well, the idea is that you use it when you don't have a perfectly good ship and are in danger of blowing up anyway. If they do something similar to City of Heroes the Death Penalty can be reduced or waved entirely in some cases, so perhaps by using Abandon Ship when you are about to blow up you get a reduced penalty since you presumably saved some crew.

    I do believe that is the entire point of the higher level abilities all captains get. Ramming speed is a very viable tactic, whether as an offensive tool in larger ships (nevermind just using it for a speed boost sometimes) or as a last ditch effort to take out your opponent when you're about to die any way. Self destruct seems to be even better at affecting multiple targets by increasing the damage output of the warp core breach. Meanwhile, Abandon Ship is supposed to save crew - if I remember correctly for a while in OB when you PVP'd and were about to die, if you got an Abandon Ship off in time you didn't suffer the crew penalties upon respawn. Depending on the severity of the upcoming DP, I am sure Abandon Ship will be beneficial - it will all come down to the Captain's preferred style. Go down fighting? Or save the crew?
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