The Joys of 3ap Torpedoes

[elwoodps]

In another thread, (Do you ever build ships with 2mp Reactors) tenbsmith asked the following question.

Jul 25, 2015 12:15:05 GMT -5 tenbsmith said:

A related question, What's up with those 3AP reactors?

I decided to respond in a new thread, so that more folks might see this.

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There are powerful 3ap torpedoes available in the late game, that are significantly lighter and pack a lot more punch than comparably priced 2ap torpedoes.

Compare the Victor Hypersonic (3ap) torpedo to the Sephora (2ap) torpedo.





Edit: Another worth looking at is the Mk-Alpha Torpedo (3ap). Again compared to the Sephora Torpedo (2ap) it hits harder, is significantly cheaper to both build and maintain and is way lighter, making it my favorite for armed Carriers.



Although the stats on this screen don't reflect it's effect, this one's equipped with Titan Bridge System (+1mp), so it's actually a 3ap/4mp ship, which is why I call it a Fast Tanker.  It also has Cadar's awesome Critical Strike training (+8 Dmg, +4 Hypersonic Attack, and %15 Critical).  The combination of all this makes this makes it a killing, fueling machine that can easily keep up with it's fighter wing.

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If you find the info in this thread useful, please thank tenbsmith for inspiring me to start it.

[hissrad]

I like stripping down a few cruisers and putting the heaviest torps I can on them. I keep them for system defense in the late game.

[elwoodps]

I went through my save-game files and found this one from a few games back.  Thanks to it's Titan Bridge System, it's a 3ap/3mp ship even though this screen doesn't reflect that.



As you can see in this next screen, this ship's Narnian Hypersonic (3ap) torpedo is lighter, far more powerful, and only a few credits more expensive than the Mark 80 torpedo (the most powerful 2ap torpedo in the game), which I use on my Fast TBC's.



This one's really a 2ap/4mp ship, again courtesy of it's Titan Bridge System upgrade.

[Cory Trese]

Sweet ship names.

[odomi]

Nice post! I'm still a rookie and haven't studied the techs in detail.

[Kanly]

Just tried 3 ap torps for the first time on a level 10 Battlecruiser with critical strike. 6 of them were all I needed to defeat 2 xeno enemies across 20+ worlds. Magnificent.

[Cory Trese]

Aug 1, 2015 19:06:40 GMT -5 Kanly said:

Just tried 3 ap torps for the first time on a level 10 Battlecruiser with critical strike. 6 of them were all I needed to defeat 2 xeno enemies across 20+ worlds. Magnificent.

To an extent, once you outclass them in ship tech, the Xeno AI only has a few chances to beat you -- and hitting them hard from range is a good way to take away most of them.