Torpedo Limits

posted on May 22nd, 2011, 10:54 am

How about a speed boost once the torpedo's have been fired, lower bulk and power can be rerouted from weapons to engines, that would give such vessels a means of escape.

I think that's going too far. It is not the maingoal to be absolutily realistic. The current version of speed is quit balanced.

My thoughts - for limited torpedo cargo and the associated drain of torpedos during firing - is to give more smaller starships the capability to hold a torpedoluncher. If you read 'bout the forum some ppl want that for a variety of reasons (canon, balance, more macro).

Maybe older designs could have torps limited by special energy that doesn't regenerate special energy, and say newer ships have torpedo replicators that can't be installed on older designs. It could take the excelsior torp system a bit further.

e.g.:
1) saber class can get a torpedoluncher with double silver rang and confined space to hold about 20 torps. Yeah, I know that not mutch and it's maybe unrealistic but it's fit.
2) sang class could get one or maybe two disrupter with less damage but a mutch bigger space for holdin' torpedos because it's overall a torpedo vessel. Don't won't destroy the character of a class.
3) bigger ships like a galaxy class warp-in could may carry about 150 torpedos and a cube with torpedomoduls up to 500 as a maximum.

It's not easy to find a solid line to make that idea functional. If you choose to a big maximum-storage the effects of micro that new feature will be vanish. Your totaly right the passivs of the e1 is a realy good base to develop a system like this.

I do like the possibilities of this idea, provided repairing in a shipyard isn't the resupply method (awkward if your fleet isn't damaged).  Simply having your fleet near the resupply center or freighter (like how the borg get crew) would be nice.  Ships like the Nova could have a special weapon with a limited duration of its own that resupplies the fleet (and then itself would need to be resupplied).

I agree with you the shipyard ain't the place to refill torpedos but yet it also recrew you so it seems to be a easy way for me. Your idea with a passiv ability for some stations are great. The same way like the borg station work - ye ye! I think freighters may not the best deal. If we say the mining station or manufactory got this role (also the starbase) it seems logical to put torpedo-turrets around here (kling, fed...). It also strength the building itself in importance (defence or attack a expansion isn't just dependent on the yard there.

posted on May 23rd, 2011, 11:04 am

This could even be a weakness of the Federation [some ships limited torpedoes], with ships like newtons and novas providing resupply to nearby ships. Would be another unique aspect of them.

posted on May 23rd, 2011, 8:54 pm

I too think that the smaller and older designs should be limited on torps. Borg exempt ofcourse.

posted on May 31st, 2011, 6:55 pm

Awsome idea, someone should make this happen in a mod. You would have to make the torpedos do more damage though, and figuring out how to limit them would be a issue, but i'm sure someone with the knowhow could make it work quite nicely. It would totally change everyone's stratagy, making ship placemt and resupply alot more important then it is right now...Love the idea!