Stunning Torpedoes

Ya that is one scenario!
There are endless possibilities, as only enforcers and speeder can freeze! What about the rest of the ship?

 

And if u shoot for the torp and you miss? Dead yeah?
Atleast by trying to move there is some chance of escaping and nitro will acts even if you are frozen!

 

I completely understand your point here, but I dont think this feature stands a chance when there are much more features that deserves implementation in the game!
(PS: its just my opinion)

 

What I am saying is there are much more things that v need to pay attention to during the battle....
In a lot scenarios people will use the bolt on enemy rather than cancellation of a single attack(especially in case of shooter who has multiple weapons) dodging one shot won't help! Instead stunning the complete ship might help!

 

No of "SOME cases" is a bit less than other possibilities too, right?

 

yes but torpedoes do a lot of damage

 

Ofcourse I understand! But tell me!
U manage to dodge a torp, then what ? Its a shooter he already has multiple weapons coming at you, before u even recover!

 

Take the scenario,
1v1
You vs mk6 shooter who has HP equivalent to one shot of you cannon......
He shoots the torp at you , for which u r eligible enough to either take the shot or dodge.... (With still cannon reloading in 7-10 seconds)
What would u do? Stun the torp or the shooter?
Of course shooter , right?

 

I agree it's all up to your judgement and scenarios!

 

You 2 can draw infinite scenarios supporting your claims but the point is that the ability to stun a torpedo CAN be useful its not about how often it would be useful but can it be used effectively and Imo yes it can... Let me ask you... how many times have you PURPOSELY stunned a shipwreck? That's not to say it isn't useful but it is a component of the game that is rarely used strategically.

 

I understand your point!
But that's just my opinion.

 

I just wanna make sure I'm grasping this concept properly lol.

Imagine a torpedo is coming straight for your teammate. You have a tesla bolt ready. You shoot it at the torpedo, which stuns and renders the torpedo useless.

Conversely, someone fired a tesla bolt at you. You have lightning quick reflexes and fire a torpedo at it, thus having your torpedo get stunned in your stead.

Did I get that right? If this is what you had in mind, this could very well make triple torpedos that much better for support players.

On that note: why not also stun mines? Not completely disabling them, but making them safe to pass over for the duration of the stun? I think they should still explode when their timer runs out, though.

 

Yes, that was the idea... I guess the thing with mines are players don't think they should be nerfed... which i'm not agreeing or disagreeing with but I think that is why... Something like this would nerf mines

 

It's really more of a tesla bolt buff, though, not a mine/torpedo nerf. It just adds a little depth, kind of like how the tesla bolt can take down tesla shields without stunning the shielded player, or how frost blasters and torpedoes can pass through shields.

Thinking of it this way, it sounds like this would actually make the tesla bolt op in the right hands lol. It may require a nerf to balance out this new ability or it'll just have to be a seperate item entirely.

How about that EMP thing I've heard some people talk about? It would act like a repair pulse, stunning unfriends instead of healing friends. Even though it could stun groups of enemies (assuming you're surrounded) it would only be for a very short time, like 4 seconds max, but give it this torpedo/mine disabling ability and some people might choose it over some other items. Maybe even let it block tesla bolts? 2 points, definitely. An enforcer might like this with a shield instead of 2 shields...

Edit: It should probably drop shields, too, without stunning them, like the tesla bolt.