Question - Crystalline Torpedo

Baron Munchausen · #1 July 1st, 2001, 11:38 PM

Yes, the Crystalline Torpedo has a very low damage potential. It was originally set that low to compensate (over-compensate, I think) for the ability to ignore armor. The simplest thing to do is to increase the damage it does. HOWEVER... this simply makes it another Seeking Parasite. In order to encourage variety in this game I suggest a different approach to the problem. Yes, increase the damage a bit, but increase the seekers DAMAGE RESISTANCE dramatically. This thing goes with the racial trait that gives crystalline armor, remember. So rather than forcing it to be just like the other seekers in the game make it different. With a damage resistance of 90 or so these cannot be destroyed by a single PDC hit. This completely changes the effect they have in combat, so I recommend that you do not increase the damage they do TOO much! I've set them this way in my games and a Crystal tech ship filled with these can be a real hairy opponent if you're not outfitted with very large numbers of PDCs. It makes yet another DIFFERENT hazard to be coped with in the game. Good stuff!

TaeraRepublic · #2 July 3rd, 2001, 09:47 AM

My idea is similar:
The damage should be left 45, thats low for the high-tech, the speed should be left as it is too, but anyone actually looked at the name of it? HARDENED crystal projectile(something like that). Take a note at the HARDENED. What is the damage of PDC V? 65? then, make the damage resistance to ~100.
Also, the low damage does not make it for 50kT of space. 40kT would be best.

Then my proposal is that 45 damage, rate 2, range as it is, same speed, increased damage resistance and lowered space taken.

Should i send this to MM as a suggestion?

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Spoo · #3 July 3rd, 2001, 05:22 PM

I'd say so.

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Assume you have a 1kg squirrel
E=mc^2
E=1kg(3x10^8m/s)^2=9x10^16J
which, if I'm not mistaken, is equivilent to roughly a 50 megaton nuclear bomb.
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Possum · #4 July 4th, 2001, 08:18 AM

No, I disagree. I think all you guys are missing the point

It's a balance issue. It's a specialized weapon for use in armor-heavy games.

And don't tell me those don't happen, because I'm in one right now, in Geo's PBW tourney

The crystal torpedo is just fine as it is.