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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
To expand on Steve's answer a little, an eel set for magnetic doesn't actually have to hit the target - an eel set for detonation on impact does, and as many of us have found out the hard way, it needs to hit it at an angle that will actually make it go boom instead of just glancing sideways or downwards off the side/bottom of the target.
A magnetic eel is detonated (or should be) when it passes through the electro-magnetic field created by the metal hull of a ship. That gives a wider variety of likely "good" shots because the "angle of impact" is no longer crucial. And if you send the eel directly under the keel of your target, when it goes boom you can get the devastating results Steve has already described. You're not putting a hole in the side of the ship, you're basically gutting her from the bottom up.
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So I guess the depth of the torpedo has to be increased for magnetic, otherwise it'd just be impacting...
this could increase my stats somewhat!
