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Best Torpedo for Crystallin Cataclysm...
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What's the best torpedo type for Crystallin Cataclism and is it all that much better than the basic photon torpedo launcher?
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Unless they've changed it, this is one of the rare battles that counts healing teammates instead of just relying on pure DPS. (Yes, even my Tac will heal others.)
I prefer the torps with a bit of PBAOE to them to try and weaken some of the Shards that are knocked off otherwise I'd say any torp is going to do well since you don't have to worry at all about shields.
So hilariously, the AP Torpedo from the current CE Event Reward Package is the worst torpedo to use against the Crystalline Entity since it's energy based, not kinetic like the other 99.9% of torpedoes in this game. Nobody thinks these things through at Cryptic...
the gas cloud(s) from a torp spread damage all the ships and shardlets that are caught in the GW that someone always puts on the crystal. And it also burns the crystal, of course.
some of the others mentioned, neutronic hits hard.
The gravity well torp is a good choice. Plasma is a good choice. Quantum with a torp officer or 2 is a good pick, so you can fire rapidly which increases dps, and the faster you shoot the more resets you get ... or whatever special tprps are "quantum based" with a bonus of some sort (not sure off the top of my head).
the pic is a Science Klingon in the free dyson ship with mk12 gear nothing upgraded as its an alt . my main dont even use a torp and still plows in 1st out of shear Klingon Brute Force.
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So the gravimetric, particle emission, neutronic, plasma HY. Any of those as they all do AOE special effects or have massive splash damage.
Torp spread is a must have ability of running torps for this mission.
I'd also throw out some other specialist weapons as good fun: nadion bomb, metreon gas canisters, spacial charges. They can all potentially do massive damage if you have the right build.
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I think the projectiles can even collide with shards.
These three together work really well. The sets synergize. You'll have to use generic torp consoles rather than torp-specific, but the damage offset is worth it.
but ya, as someone said, you need to shoot the torp and move as if u stay in the torp line, the entity will often shoot you and destroy the torp at same time.
but when u got the system, I hit it always
Try different type of torp
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That and a lot of the secondary effects are buffed a bit with science skills, so some of the damage offset can also be offset on the secondary side with things like particle and graviton generators etc etc... you kind of have to research the torp and see if any other skill will buff them up, and assuming you have any skill ability in any of those... if not well like heckgoblin said the damage offset is still worth it.
Massive damage and it sucks everything in more arbitrarily than a grav well. Even more damage if it hits directly instead of erupting.
But it's a console... which means you can still use a grav well, a torp (or three) and a singularity projectile, and nothing is stopping you.
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Grav Torps w/ THY1, TS3, GWIII + All Hands On Deck trait means my Korath can effectively shut the entity down by itself.
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At least it does Kinetic Damage and that would at least be 100 % of a kind of damage that the CE has little or no immunity for.
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I know some people won't even use torps but in my view having at least one is a no-brainer here. There are specific stages (when the CE charges up its blast) when energy weapons do no damage to it, having even one torp available means you can still hurt it throughout the whole mission.
Gravimetric - probably one of the best here. Combined with grav well (not necessarily yours even!) it will create a deadly vortex/washing machine effect. There's always lots of crowd control going on here so this torp synergizes well with what others are doing. HY not really worth it as it gets shot down or caught in the CE's blast waves.
Enhanced biomolecular - best used as HY, as this is lethal when it crits. You can often get crits in the 200K area if you're lucky. Plus the radiation damage proc is quite useful here. The HY here cannot be shot down.
Particle Emission - with high enough partigen skill this is probably one of the best. Does both AOE and DOT damage so covers all bases. Plus the slow-down effect goes well with grav wells, meaning everything takes even more damage as it can't move. HY is a mega version of it, but can be shot down.
Omega - too weak in normal mode. Could be ok in TS but the HY gets shot down too easily and I think overall this makes it a no go for most people.
Romulan Hyper-plasma - good for keeping the pressure on the CE. Plasma fires and being able to get near constant chains of these things launching makes it pretty powerful. Again HY not worth it half the time.
Basic photon/quantum (inc. 180 degree quantum) - good for solid old fashioned kinetic punishment. You can get near constant fire with a photon with the right doffs and that mean keeping the kinetic pressure on the CE. No fancy procs but they aren't always needed are they!
Hargh-peng - fast to hit and can't be shot down. Longish CD and can't use boff powers. But it does DOT and the blast at the end is AOE so if timed right it can be quite useful. Good if you have no torp powers slotted.
Transphasic - no use here as the CE has no shields so they do considerably less damage than other torps. Only of use to shoot the Tholians, who don't mater to the mission objectives.
That's everything I've tested so far. In my view anything that can be shot down whilst in normal fire mode or in HY is wasted here. Sure they do mega damage but the Tholians are well known for their love of BFAW spam, so HY torp get shot to pieces too easily, wasting your shots.
Other honorable mentions should really go to the following non-weapon attacks, which I've found can be pretty good:
- Isokinetic Cannon
- Isometric Charge console.
- Tetryon Cascade (both the rep active trait and the nukara 3pc bonus)
- Nadion Bomb console
- Proton Barrage
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Been thinking about replaying that mission just to try and get one closers to my current level.