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Old August 8th, 2008, 01:53 PM

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Default torpedoes vs. missiles?

What is the advantage of torpedoes over missiles?
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Default Re: torpedoes vs. missiles?

Missiles are a bit slower, but have good damage resistance and do a bit more damage per kT of size. Torpedoes travel faster and tend to fare a bit better against PD, while doing a bit less damage.
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Do torpedoes work better under some circumstances? They sound weaker, yet require military science 2...!
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Default Re: torpedoes vs. missiles?

Plasma missiles ftw.

Btw, why are plasma missiles under a seperate tech tree? Why isn't it part of the missile tech tree?
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Default Re: torpedoes vs. missiles?

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Btw, why are plasma missiles under a seperate tech tree? Why isn't it part of the missile tech tree?
Because CSM damage remains constant while PM damage drops off with distance, because the CSM uses a nuclear warhead while the PM has an unstable plasma core, and because of balance. Getting both CSMs and PMs from one tech tree would give you two weapons for the tech price of one.
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Default Re: torpedoes vs. missiles?

Which are better, plasma missiles or graviton hellbores?
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Default Re: torpedoes vs. missiles?

If you're just comparing Torpedoes to CSMs, then almost all the torpedoes available are better than them.
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Plasma Missiles hold an advantage versus Graviton Hellbores in most cases.
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