Torpedoes on Defender

Would Big Torpedo, Swift Torpedo or Triple Torpedo go great on Defender?

 

Triple torpedo mostly because its a great 'fire and forget' weapon that can work without the need for proper positioning. Swift is more built for low weapon point ships and Big requires closing the distance between you and your target or just being lucky.

 

Tri torp would be your best bet. However since the defender can only equip 3 weapons id suggest you look into the missile launcher.. 2 point red with decent cooldown.

 

But my Defender is just Mk2...

I can't keep a weapon with a high reload time as my only weapon. I was thinking about just using Swift Torpedo with Cannon on my Defender, but I wanted to ask the forums first.

 

Cannon in general is a solid weapon for any build on any ship with only the Sniper Cannon rivaling it on versatility because of its range and projectile speed, but because a Defender should always be on the frontlines, cannon. Swift torpedo is an odd weapon, but it can work if you invest into it.

 

Yeah a cannon would be good for the Defender, i was suggesting you try out the Missile launcher instead of the torpedoes since it has better accuracy, and even though its a 2 point weapon the cooldown is 11 or 12 seconds i think vs the 2 point torpedoes with 15+ second cooldowns. Swift on the other hand is another good alternative if you are just thinking about low cooldown weapons. With the 2 -cooldown talents swift could have a 9 second cooldown.

 

I have Missile Launcher, but I wanted to try something different.

But yeah I think I should just stick with Missile Launcher.

 

I see. Then since you are very particular about weapon cooldowns, and would like to try out new weapons, then swift is a good choice.

 

Actually, I'm not that particular about cooldowns. I just bring them up to say whether or not it should be my primary or secondary.

 

I'm liking to use perked canon & sniper combo. Canon has a decent cool down / reload time too.