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Faster torps?

revanmichaels#6727 revanmichaels
revanmichaels#6727
 Member Posts: 91 Arc User
edited April 2020 in The Academy
If this is my biggest problem I’m doing pretty good. I try and make each of my alts use a different build. I don’t want to play the same on each character. That being said, on my eng, i have tried to make into a torps boat. I have several doff boosting torps and my stats have maxed dps. He flies a odyssey with phaser beams. All my consoles boost torps or phasers.

I have tried several different torps but the phasers are blowing everything up before the torps even gets there. What are the fastest torps for speed and cool down?

The torps are only useful right now with boss battles. I just have to find targets with enough hit points to stay alive. I like the damage my torps are doing. I unloaded a spread3 on a grav well in a TFO and it was a firestorm of explosions.

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  • szerontzurszerontzur Member Posts: 2,724 Arc User
    Ceaseless Momentum Startship Trait and the Terran Reputation Console will improve your torpedo (re)fire rate.

    Outside of targetable torps(there are several ways to improve their speed), there isn't much you can do to improve the payload delivery time outside of closing the actual distance to the targets before firing.
  • section31agent#8506 section31agent
    section31agent#8506
         Member Posts: 665 Arc User
    Harpeng torpedo is the fastest with the quickest cool down. It's not a DPS monster, but over time the damage accumulated is effective. I personally like the secondary explosions. While it isn't affected by Torp Spread or High Yield abilities it compliments a beam boat rather nicely. That allows you to consider other Boff seating arrangements.
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  • foxrockssocksfoxrockssocks Member Posts: 2,482 Arc User
    It sounds like you're either doing absurd amounts of DPS or you're playing on normal difficulties. It is pretty hard for torpedoes to do much when a sneeze ends up blowing enemies up. If you want your torps to mean more you may have to up the difficulty, or you already do so much damage that very little will help you.

    Aside from that, the suggestion I'll make is use the Romulan Hyperplasma torpedo. While it is a slower, destructible torpedo, if you blow up your target, the torpedoes will find a new one. You can also improve the speed of desctructible torpedoes with a few things, but they are always slower than normal torpedoes.
  • pottsey5gpottsey5g Member Posts: 4,256 Arc User
    szerontzur wrote: »
    Ceaseless Momentum Startship Trait and the Terran Reputation Console will improve your torpedo (re)fire rate.

    Outside of targetable torps(there are several ways to improve their speed), there isn't much you can do to improve the payload delivery time outside of closing the actual distance to the targets before firing.
    Some torps like Kevlin/Harpeng have a faster fly speed to improve payload delivery time.
  • revanmichaels#6727 revanmichaels
    revanmichaels#6727
         Member Posts: 91 Arc User
    Thanks, I’ll check these out
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