What's up with missles and torpedoes?

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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:

Thus the torp having a better reload rate and a faster speed needs to be weaker in term of firepower.

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Not really,
The torps have better damage if you include reload considerations.
The torps have infinite speed and cannot be shot down.

BUT,
The Torps can miss,
The torps have very short range (compared to missiles)

The reload rate is already factored in to the damage rating I gave, so you can't count it as another advantage.

I believe that Torpedoes can be put in a larger mount as well, whereas missles cannot. That is also an advantage over missles. However, it would appear the other non seeking weapons would be more cost effective than Torpedoes. I would use Phased Polarans which fire every turn over Torpedoes.