Powerplay Faction: Zachary Hudson I discovered that I am not a very good PvPer...

I was interdicted by a clean, Elite commander aligned with ALD in an Anaconda.. Honestly since we were both clean, I thought it was an accident and was not expecting a fight. As we came out of supercruise, he appeared right above me with his underside vulnerable. I didn't fire. Eventually, he turned around and we both sat in front of each other for a few seconds- then, he shot two torpedoes at me. I sat there and instead of just targeting the torps and shooting them, I yawed up and tried boosting.. I was totally unprepared for what happened next- the two torpedoes took down my shields and armor was down to 60%.. since I rely heavily on shields, I had no armor so I was toast at that point.

Three things I learned about myself: 1. I am too compassionate [heart]. 2. I never dealt with torpedoes (was expecting conventional weapons) 3. I was too confident in my shields protecting me.

It is what it is.
 
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After playing a bit more, I decided to check out the mods for torpedoes... there were only two: Sturdy mount, and something else.. but neither explicitly raised the damage of them. So, now my question is: where are these torpedoes that cause so much damage? I had 2249 MJ shield fully charged and a much higher resistance to thermal and explosive than stock... only TWO dropped my shields and took out 40% of my hull... so did I encounter a hacker?
 
Torpedoes are nasty. Also, the Engineered effects can come with a variety of "experimental effects" that do increase damage in different ways.
Here's a link to the relevant page in INARA.cz:
http://inara.cz/galaxy-blueprint/42
Scroll to the bottom for a list of possible Experimental Effects.
Cheers and good attitude!
Have some rep ;)
 
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PLEASE open a ticket and ask FDev. You are describing torpedoes that do 1100+ MJ in damage to shields PLUS hull damage.

If this is a game mechanic, someone failed miserably...

No, he''s describing Reverberating Cascade torpedoes that killed his shield generator directly. It's one of the current favorite PvP builds.

The only answer to torpedoes is "don't get hit." Either shoot them down, fool them with ECM, or evade them.
 
ah.. then that was it!...

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No, he''s describing Reverberating Cascade torpedoes that killed his shield generator directly. It's one of the current favorite PvP builds.

The only answer to torpedoes is "don't get hit." Either shoot them down, fool them with ECM, or evade them.

That's it! Ok, no problems.. I got PWNED because of my lack of knowledge on these.
 
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