The Star Citizen Thread v5
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Nice story. Now go play Elite Dangerous. You would have a lot more to tell spending much less money.
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A torpedo is simply an aquatic missile. Boom at one end, vroom at the other, optionally with guidance in the middle.
Anyway, back to the conversation.
Anyway, back to the conversation.
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CIG's use of torpedoes for heavier anti-cap ship weapons is nothing new.
Wing Commander had them
Elite Dangerous has them
Star Wars has them
Star Trek has them
So I'm not quite sure what you are suggesting or attempting to say.
He's suggesting that the meaningless difference between missile and torpedo (they're the same kind of object, with the same broken code behind them) is a funny thing to be hung up about in the context of how they're also struggling with not being able to dike out the code that gives their Cryengine world a water plane… in space.
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If it's not rare, that sounds wrong implementation to me. I would expect that only big preys would be a target for a torpedo and a Freelancer does not seem that kind of ship. It's not a big transport or a capital ship. Only big space whales should be slow enough for a torpedo hit. At least, that's how I would feel more "immersed" in a sci-fi space game.
"Size 5 torpedoes make a mess of anything they hit."
That sounds bad again. They should be slow enough for usual ships. Only should be fast enough for capital ships or lazzy transports.
Bu let me guess... It's easy to hit even Auroras with torpedoes right?
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That's kinda the point. The Freelancer wasn't paying attention and paid the price.
And if a torpedo hits anything it should make a mess of it. Its rather large piece of boom.
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Missle vs Torpedo: size differences.
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Have you flown one? It turns like a sloth on ketamine.
Perhaps you aren't familiar with it.
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Have you flown one? It turns like a sloth on ketamine.
Perhaps you aren't familiar with it.
Ah, so because CIG's in-game description of a specific whizz-bang thingy is 'torpedo' rather than 'missile', anyone using the definition of missile as understood in the outside world is wrong. Yeah. Er, no. Not even remotely. We are under no obligation to use Robertsspeak in this forum.
Incidentally, note how the 'torpedo' is included in a chart showing 'missile sizes'...
Incidentally, note how the 'torpedo' is included in a chart showing 'missile sizes'...
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A torpedo NEVER should be able to hit anything faster than an Idris and other capital ships. Unless such prey ran in the direction of the torpedo like kamikaze or were totally stopped at the space, with their nav computers offline (because online they should alert the pilot of a incoming lazzy/slow torpedo). Even at this case, would be stupid to launch a torpedo against a tiny ship, because it would be too expensive to spend the money (certainly should be more expensive) when whatever missile or even laser shots would do the job against a ship floating without energy.
How much you spend launching these torpedoes?
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We should call all missiles and torpedos vroom-booms, that should eliminate any semantic arguments about the issue.
Of course torpedoes should be a danger to anything. If people are not paying attention EVERYTHING should be a danger to them.
If you are paying attention, of course you can maneuver away from the torpedo, use your countermeasures etc.
This adds to the flavour. Just like you said, if you are doing something that makes you not see/avoid the torpedo, you are gonna pay the price.
Wings on spaceships aren't cool, and winged space ships aren't the norm. Does anything in Star Trek have any wings? Only ship in Star Wars with something looking like normal wings is X-Wing, and they're handwaved as S-foils, and I don't think there is anything about them generating lift, all craft have repulsors.
Edit: And I don't do that to be contrarian, I just dislike winged spaceships.
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An automatic counter-measure/auto-pilot should be enough to make your tiny/faster ship to deviate a slow/lazzy torpedo coming in your direction, without anyone "paying attention". It's just idiot, and "no immersive" (in terms of the sci-fi space/future idea) that torpedoes can and are been used against tiny ships in the way that you told us.
For tiny ships (anything that is not a big transport or a capital ship) only a kamikaze run or the ship offline should e a target for a torpedo.
And, should be expensive enough too. How much you spend launching these torpedoes?
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Actually, yes, there are plenty of things in Star Trek with wings. But thats off topic.
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And if said device was offline, or if your ship didn't have it?
No, it isn't, it's just a way to highlight the fact that wings on SC ships are a terrible idea.
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