Enormous player killable capital ship torpedo

[Lafiel]

I don't know but the thought occured to me that when the cap ships fire there missiles are to small to see let alone hit let alone stop or maybe you cant stop them. But anyway I was thinking maybe you need giant torpedos launched by capital ships for other capital ships might need a missile ship or maybe on a certain type of battleship an then maybe they take 5 hits or 8 hits to kill a cap ship I dont know

e.g.
Dreadnaught 12
battleship 8 torpedos
destroyer an maybe cruiser 5
Gunship 3
anything smaller can kiss themselves good bye with 1

Capital ships should have a limited supply it would make for good role play like e.g.

This is the SanFrancisco were taking Torpedo hits requesting fighter support immediately.

What the hell are you guys doing out there were still taking hits *insert squadron name*

We can't take anymore hits one more and we are dead.

That last Torpedo hit took out the engines were sitting ducks keep those torpedos off us.



Now the torpedos themselves should be able to be hit by fighters that ram themselves into them albeit it would kill them as well as be shot down by smaller fighter craft an they should be slow moving or at least fast enough to get to there target have homing ability to follow an still outrun a large ship at max speed.

Maybe something like a carrier with flak turrets can shoot them down but im a bit iffy on this because by the time the torpedo got in range Im sure the turrets would not be able to make a mess of the torpedo in time an the torpedo explosion yield would surely damage the intended ship a bit still.

sorry if this sounds old school just the concept of being able to intercept big missiles an target them like a ship would be mint

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[Birdtalon]

They would probably be used to Kill large groups of small craft like the Nova torpedo.

We battleships already have Mortar and Hvy. Mortar though.

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[Linkus]

There are a few flaws with this. This be one:

A single fighter, with a tiny ounce of shield, could ram the torpedo and blow it up and simply lose his shield.

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[Lafiel]

There are a few flaws with this. This be one:

A single fighter, with a tiny ounce of shield, could ram the torpedo and blow it up and simply lose his shield.

Really I imagine in reality the torpedo would annihalate anything smaller than a capital ship in one blow

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[Irra]

Its good ... but ... probably imagine that ship shooting group of fighters bombers and they all die with just 1 or 2 torpedos ... or like these days bombers with novas tend to blow them selfs and maybe some allies imagine what would that ship do to everyone close to explosion

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[Lafiel]

Its good ... but ... probably imagine that ship shooting group of fighters bombers and they all die with just 1 or 2 torpedos ... or like these days bombers with novas tend to blow them selfs and maybe some allies imagine what would that ship do to everyone close to explosion

I guess you are right it would make point blank range the new HELL. Oh an torpedos this size are restricted to capital ships say maybe a missile cruiser and battleship LOl could just imagine a fighter launching a torpedo the size of itself.

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[SevereTrinity]

No.

It's a stupid idea that is impractical and would be impossible to balance.

New things are fun, but onyl if they are fun for everyone, not the person pushing the 'FIRE' button.

[Lafiel]

No.

It's a stupid idea that is impractical and would be impossible to balance.

New things are fun, but onyl if they are fun for everyone, not the person pushing the 'FIRE' button.

its meant to be fun in the sense Fighters can have a better role in protecting cap ships instead of having projectile weapons that just go Bam hit bam hit Kaboomie

Edit * they managed to pull it off fine in star lancer. yet if i recall the only damage that would occur is the fighter that collided with the torpedo an the fighter an the torpedo going up or the cap ship that got hit by the torpedo it didnt have rediculous scatter damage

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[lab205]

I can see a fighter reenacting the scene from the end of Independence Day with this.

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[paradoxx]

i dont see the point in this thread.. Cruiser and battleships already got mortar.... a fighter can save a battleship from a mortar hit

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