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hasukurobi
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Has anyone else noticed that sometimes their Destabilized Plasma Torpedo they get from the T'Varo Retrofit is a bit wonky and will fire and then just sit there and do nothing?
I keep having this particular problem. Sometimes it will go forward just fine at its slow pace (as its console says it should despite the fact that the one in ToS was actually very fast) and other times it will just pop out and then sit there doing nothing at all even if the target I fired it at is still there and I did not lose lock or anything.
I keep having this particular problem. Sometimes it will go forward just fine at its slow pace (as its console says it should despite the fact that the one in ToS was actually very fast) and other times it will just pop out and then sit there doing nothing at all even if the target I fired it at is still there and I did not lose lock or anything.
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Allegedly, if you fire off AP:O before firing the destabilized torp, it just sits in space.
Really? Hmmm... So that is the main problem then. I will test this out and see if that is what I got going on here. Thanks for the info! I hope the Devs are likewise seeing this.
I also noticed misfires where the torp didn't launch at all.
It seems if there are too many targets to lock onto after its primary dies it will sit there as well, the tholian groups cause this to me a lot in rescue. Also if I do a quick turn as it fires sometimes it will just sit there as well.
As for misfiring I just assumed I did not pay attention to my range to target when using it and I got to close causing it to not fire. But last night I payed a bit more attention and some times I would get the DP torp on cool down and no red puff ball of death to be seen, I don't think it can die so fast I never see it on screen.
Firing while out of cloak generally produced a torp that would fly at a speed somewhere between half my impulse bar and (as many of you seen...) possum speed. This was very frustrating as I tried boosting my own speed before launch but still it would just drag behind me.
Now when fired from cloak the destabilized torp is a different monster altogether. It appears hungry for blood and will consistently travel at a speed matching my filled impulse bar. It is truly a predator's weapon and it will aggressively pursue its target when fired from cloak.
So my fellow T'varo pilots, make use of your Battlecloak and let me know if this helps you get some more mileage out of your big red blobs of death.
I've noticed that the torp usually glitches if I use another ability immediately before or immediately after launching the destabilized torp ... like if I fire it and then quickly use evasive maneuvers or a singularity power.
It's not consistent, so it's hard to nail down exactly what is causing this torp to occasionally just float there in space.
Bottom line ... it's a bug that one or more devs will have to look at if we ever want it fixed.
Don't believe the lies in this forum. I am NOT an ARC user. I play STO on Steam or not at all.
Other than that it seems to work.
1] If you fire while under APO, it loses it's mind.
2] If the target is rotating (cubes, spheres) it often gets stuck.
3] Too much spam/too many targets...it seems to be handled on low priority, so it moves really slowly or stops.
Best use is against STF gates/transformers etc, which don't move or rotate. It's super effective!
In PvP you can sometimes score a hit on someone if they are trying to turn in tight circles and don't open the distance.
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It would be so awesome if it does.
Don't believe the lies in this forum. I am NOT an ARC user. I play STO on Steam or not at all.
Too early for anyone to have the rep for that.
Ask again in a month.
1. If the original target dies before it gets a little distance from your ship, it'll sit there.
2. If you fire it at full impulse, 50% of the time it'll just sit there.
3. If you turn AT ALL while firing it, 80% of the time it'll just sit there.
4. Using APO or APA before firing it will cause it to just sit there or move at a snail's pace.
5. 1 out of 3 times, fired it at a Borg cube and the torpedo just rotated around the cube like a satellite orbiting a planet. In slow motion no less.
6. Sometimes when I fire it from cloak, the enemy ship will shoot it down almost immediately after I fire it. This sometimes insta-kills me, and other times it doesn't.
After reading this thread, I'm glad I'm not the only one who's having problems with it.
I too have had these problems, but have resorted to firing while cloaked. I'll have to keep in mind all the points made!
At times, with turning, it simply won't spawn at all. You'll get the CD on it, but no torp appears.
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I've seen the torp move onto a new target if the one I initially fired it at is destroyed even.
Just my observation.
slight modification: Cloak, drop the biggest spread of mines you can, fire the torp, reverse, laugh maniacally.