Magnetic vs Impact Pistols

Blacklight · 01-17-08, 02:30 PM

I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this or if this is just something that's happening to me.

I've noticed that my torpedoes that I arm with impact pistols tend to do a LOT more damage and sink ships a lot faster than torpedoes set with magnetic pistols. It seems you get a LOT more flooding going on in there when you hit with a torpedo set with an impact pistol.

The only reasoning I can fathom is that usually, you set the torpedoes with impact pistols to explode RIGHT IN CONTACT with the ship whereas a magnetic pistol detonates when it detects enough metal nearby to trigger it, therefore, it could be detonating a couple feet away from the ship instead of being actually in contact with the ship and therefore it does less damage.. IE.. less leaking.

I've tested this theory on a large merchant and Impact torpedoes always sent the thing down in one shot within 15 minutes or so.. maybe 20 depending.
With the magnetic pistols, It took several torpedoes to sink it period (and I waited quite a bit of time for that sucker to go down).

I've now made a practice of using impact pistols at shallow depth as much as humanly possible and will rarely set a magnetic pistol unless an emergency situation demands it.

01-17-08, 02:30 PM	#1
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Magnetic vs Impact Pistols I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this or if this is just something that's happening to me. I've noticed that my torpedoes that I arm with impact pistols tend to do a LOT more damage and sink ships a lot faster than torpedoes set with magnetic pistols. It seems you get a LOT more flooding going on in there when you hit with a torpedo set with an impact pistol. The only reasoning I can fathom is that usually, you set the torpedoes with impact pistols to explode RIGHT IN CONTACT with the ship whereas a magnetic pistol detonates when it detects enough metal nearby to trigger it, therefore, it could be detonating a couple feet away from the ship instead of being actually in contact with the ship and therefore it does less damage.. IE.. less leaking. I've tested this theory on a large merchant and Impact torpedoes always sent the thing down in one shot within 15 minutes or so.. maybe 20 depending. With the magnetic pistols, It took several torpedoes to sink it period (and I waited quite a bit of time for that sucker to go down). I've now made a practice of using impact pistols at shallow depth as much as humanly possible and will rarely set a magnetic pistol unless an emergency situation demands it. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"