New Fed torpedo turrets

posted on March 11th, 2009, 3:59 pm

Have the new fed torp turrets been checked for balancing.
They are artillery over distances and have firepower that nukes assimilators and spheres in 3-4 hits to boot... was this really intended?

runaway

126 posts

posted on March 11th, 2009, 4:21 pm

Last edited by runaway on March 11th, 2009, 4:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.

3-4 hits ? ...maybe with 10 turrets. And this is expensive... 10 turrets costs 6400 dil or something in that way.

There will ever be a station or a ship that kills others fast.
So you have to find another way to destroy your enemy. It's the way this game works.

In my position it's the first turret of federation that is really usefull.
As a little hint...it fires 3 torpedos by engaging the enemy...so find a way to draw fire on cannon fodder ships.

I really like the new turret

Serpicus

Topic Starter

1617 posts

posted on March 11th, 2009, 5:08 pm

Last edited by Anonymous on March 11th, 2009, 5:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.

tehre were i think 3 or 4 turrets not 10.

But i had a fleet of 8-9 assimilators with devastating attack, partial adaptation, slicers etc. that is usually enough to do damage. but the artillery effect compiled with the damage done, they didnt stand a chance.
nothing major was even done to the turrets.

this was a small 2 player map, so there was little room to manoeuvre. but it's strange that these turrets do what even the dominion special turrets (forgotten the name of the ones which look like crosses with barrels rotating on them -that used to cost stars) cannot do in regards to firepower and defense strength.

redmanmark86

825 posts

posted on March 11th, 2009, 5:12 pm

seen in a scout cube or two first so they all waste their first volley on them and then send in the assims...

Serpicus

Topic Starter

1617 posts

posted on March 11th, 2009, 5:28 pm

that's a work around.
surely if 1 race had shockwaves, I would hve decoys to distract and then attack.

that does not address the main contention of possible overpower on turrets that may require a little more scrutiny from the mods.

Im not advocating a neutering of the torp turrets, just a look over by the mods based on certain concerns raised.

redmanmark86

825 posts

posted on March 11th, 2009, 5:39 pm

i can understand your point because the torp is deadly thanks to the new range but feds have the most expensive and annoying turret system... First it requires the expensive station that does nothing in the first place and then the upgrade to make it what you want... And then a research that cost a bit to make it better...

For instance, the Klingons new Turret is bloody deadly but have you seen the cost of it and the time it takes to build.

Serpicus

Topic Starter

1617 posts

posted on March 11th, 2009, 5:53 pm

Last edited by Anonymous on March 11th, 2009, 5:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.

i see what ure saying. mayeb we;'re talking at cross purposes.

cos all im asking for is a review not action by the mods.
the klingon turret falls under the same category.
plus, although the fed turret upgrade may be cumulatively expesnive, the feds still have the resources to allocate here and there due to the relative low ship costs compared to the others.

The more I look at it, the feds and klings are getting the attntion and new implementations, while races like the romulans and Borg are relegated to second place, with the Dominion a sad neglected last.
this is resulting in the balance shifting in favor of the feds and klings over the other races.

Optec

Dev Team

5402 posts

posted on March 11th, 2009, 11:57 pm

hey poor Mayson wants something to blast away strange Borg stuff too! He was always jealous at those Phalanxes

In fact turrets even will get a little cheaper (or more powerful, depending on the turret) in the next patch. But balancing will be taken into account of course as always. The Torpedo Platform is a powerful defense structure :thumbsup: