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This is a poll for which of the two secondary weapons is the better - the torpedo or the missile.
Please no-one say heavy rockets, javelin rockets or seeker drones.
I'm sure this has gone by before, but it's an interesting poll, not like a Rebel - Confed poll that is VERY one sided.
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like i said in your other poll i like the missile better. and i agree the fed reb poll is very boring! and whats the big deal its just a game!?
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Torpedoes for sure! Advanced guidence, very long range, and excellent damage rate. Cheaper then missiles, too...
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yeah but they are much slower and the launcher takes up a lot of space, they are also much easier to dodge than missiles.
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Originally posted by Ultimate Rebel: **yeah but they are much slower and the launcher takes up a lot of space, they are also much easier to dodge than missiles.
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Well, I haven't actually used missiles in years. Their guidence goes crazy in systems with solar interference, and they are just way too expensive for the damage they cause. Torpedoes seem to beat them in every way, minus speed...
Missles are the best! Skyblade I disagree with you torpedos are slow, weak turn rate, dumb guidence and the launcher takes up too much space. In a asteroid field its thw worst weapon.If attaked by surprise it is still simple to get away from them, missles on the other hand will hit you befor you react.(some times) So the missle is better than a torp in almost(price) every way.
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Torpedos are by far the best. Anything too slow to dodge torpedoes is too tough for missiles. Anything fast enough dodge torpedoes can be taken down by guns and turrets. Missiles are good on smaller ships, because the launchers are smaller, but the added whack of torpedos outweigh the downsides.
If I have a big enough ship, I prefer torpedos.
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Originally posted by Cazic Thule: **If I have a big enough ship, I prefer torpedos.
Totally. You just get so much more bang for your buck. With 20 torps you can take out a lot more stuff than with 20 missles. Torps all the way.
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What Missles are good for: Destroying little pain in the butt ships you don't want to chase after; Lightings, Defenders, Mantas, ect. What Torpedos are good for: Destroying large ships from a distantance; Frigates, Destroyers, Cruisers, ect.
How to use Torpedos: From a short distance (out of range, of course) lob them at the opponnet, until you run out. Then switch to Javilin Rockets and go in for the kill using the Altarian Method; charge at the ship and stay right on top of it as you fire everything you have, also known as a shields vs shields battle.
If you are in a bid ship with torpedos that little ship is long gone from your range and the system. The torps are just like the Con cuiser "slow mooving cows"
Looks to me like the Torpedo is an Escape Velocity favorite.
Originally posted by Ultimate Rebel: ...! and whats the big deal its just a game!?
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Torps. cable_guy said it best:
KK agrees.
but the torpedo guidance system is whack even without a missile jammer. missiles are good for anything. they blow up better than torpedoes, cos they blow up your target twice as fast.
Originally posted by Ultimate Rebel: ...missiles are good for anything....
Except they are too expensive, Ultimate Rebel. (KK used to share your view.) Reading posts like cable_guy's got me to give the torps a longer test-drive.
Look at all the above posts, UR. Torps win.
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Well I'm not currently using either, but torpedoes are better. Right now I don't have enough space for them to be practical (37 tons), but for those ships too fast to hit, just use primary fire.
P.S. Sorry, Siver Dragon
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I prefer missiles simply because I don't like to feel heavy.
Originally posted by Ultimate Rebel: **but the torpedo guidance system is whack even without a missile jammer. missiles are good for anything. they blow up better than torpedoes, cos they blow up your target twice as fast.
The missile blows up a target twice as fast as a torpedo? How can that be possible? The torpedo has about twice the punch of the missile...
He means it gets to the target faster and hits it more over a periond of time.That way the ship is destroyed faster.The missle is more likely to hit its target than the torp.