Does Graviton Torpedos rly work ? [game meachanic]

posted on July 2nd, 2011, 1:18 pm

Thats my question. In my last games i did not recognize that the Borg Torpedos work special like the tooltip suggest: "Borg units with multiple Torpedo Modules deal a certain percentage of theirdamage as direct, unavoidable hull damage".

What does it mean exactly and is it really implemented in the game or are the borg torpedos just normal torpedos ?

[Dominus_Noctis]

posted on July 2nd, 2011, 2:32 pm

Last edited by Dominus_Noctis on July 2nd, 2011, 7:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Yup, it is implemented - Borg torpedoes from multiple Torpedo Modules have a percent chance to deal damage directly to the enemy's hull with each shot.

EDIT: appears to be broken

posted on July 2nd, 2011, 3:09 pm

So they bypass shields and deal direct Hull damage ? Or they just deal more damage to subsystems then normal torpedos ?

posted on July 2nd, 2011, 3:13 pm

Pass through the shields. The actual extra weapon files that have the 'thu-shield' code seem to have damage set to 0, so I'm not sure how they do anything though.

posted on July 2nd, 2011, 3:48 pm

ive never noticed a graviton torp pass through (or do damage through) the shields, ever.

i just tried it again. every single time the hull takes absolutely no damage before shields are down.

i thought i was just missing something.

posted on July 2nd, 2011, 4:06 pm

ive never noticed a graviton torp pass through (or do damage through) the shields, ever.

i just tried it again. every single time the hull takes absolutely no damage before shields are down.

i thought i was just missing something.

Ok now we get to the point. Thats exactly what happend to me too. So i was not sure if its only me who don´t understand this weapon. Is this intended and only the tooltip is wrong or is this a small bug which will get fixed the next patch ?

posted on July 2nd, 2011, 4:10 pm

If it's a problem, it'll probably be fixed. The damage being set to 0 is probably not what it should be...

I doubt the 'invisible torpedo' will be changed though, since it's meant to be the default one that passes through rather than a second one being added to do that (I assume).

posted on July 2nd, 2011, 5:38 pm

oh, true

posted on July 3rd, 2011, 12:04 am

I've had the same results with Graviton Torpedoes not dealing direct hull damage.  I assume that it's a bug with the ODFs and not the tooltips.

posted on July 3rd, 2011, 2:14 am

I have noticed this to be around for at least 4-5 patches. Maybe for the last few months. It has even been addressed before on the forums.

posted on July 3rd, 2011, 3:01 am

The problem has occurred on several occasions throughout 3.0's lifetime, so it is not unlikely that there are several threads on this issue still on the forums .