You want me to twist WHAT???

What's the twist on the Fire Twister torpedo???

By: George Argyropoulos

a/k/a Dragon Bane

Well, this is in fact a blog, and I, in fact, am drinking my coffee dreading getting on to prep more S targets. Before I do, however, I decided to write a quick little snippet about the new torpedo. I do need to get back to raiding...

This is not going to be a polished article. It is going to be my quickly written thoughts. I am only writing this because of the apparent consternation and confusion currently happening over the torpedo.

Let’s start with this:

THE NEW TORPEDO IS NOT CRAP.

Folks, the sky is not falling. I have no idea why everyone is freaking out over the Fire Twister. As I mentioned on the test server and on here before – it is a dumbfire weapon. This means it does not track its target, but rather, fires at the point that the target was at. This is a specialized weapon. It has specific uses. It is not junk. Please keep that in mind.

The torpedo is made to work in conjunction with the new submarine, the Hell Wraith. The sub has additional projectile speed built in, and the new special has even more to add to the mix.

They also have been tailored for the new Raid meta coming out next month.

Performance wise- there is no more powerful torpedo in the game. It is not, however, made for any sort of serious PvP action. It will devastate a target – so long as it is slow or not moving. If you try and use these torpedoes on anything like an Apollo, you will be highly disappointed.

In the test server, I did purposefully build a few subs to test these. I also activated the Reavers purposefully to see the difference in performance. The torpedo, on a proper build to take advantage of its design, worked fantastically. When the targets were activated, they did struggle a little, taking about double the volleys to kill a given target.

Some testing has been done with them against Apollos, Retributions, Vanquishers and a few smaller hulls, and they either outright struggle to put damage on or completely fail. As I said – not for any serious PvP. Projectile speed is VERY important for this torpedo!!

That said, this all goes back to design. How, and for what, do you want to build these for? If you were planning on putting these on a Tiger Shark with the new special and want them JUST for the raid, you probably will be ok. If you are looking for these to replace your Charons or Styx for PvP engagements, you will be sorely disappointed. This torpedo is a specialized design and EXCELS at what it is meant to do.

Now – will Kixeye change the raid format at some point from September to December and throw in some moving targets that the Fire Twister can’t hit? I have no idea, but I AM informed about its specific mechanics, as I hope you all are now as well.

Please feel free to post questions or comments – any help to the community on this issue, before the raid ends, may help someone decide what to get.

Late edit: I did end up building my subs with almost all Fire Twisters. They worked really rather well and the because of their speed, the 'dumb' part can in fact be mitigated by closing the gap between you and your target.