Any point in torpedos for prawn suit?

[Bubba Fett]

Finally got my first prawn suit. It took me a long time to find the 3rd fragment for the laser cutter, but I finally got one and got the prawn suit BP.
I've got the drill arm installed and have left the other arm stock for gathering stuff.
Is there any point in the torpedo arm?
Seems to me that I could just use the drill on anything that gets close enough to be a problem and that I'd have to carry a lot of torpedos to make the launcher worthwhile.
That seems like it would limit me for gathering resources more than it would help.

Opinions?

[ImHelping]

Torpedos have always been a novelty essentially. They often do not work right, and gas torpedoes are more likelyto kill yourself than predators

The Drill may deal surprisingly low damage, and the AI is so canned that even lava larva will swim directly into it in a gush of blood as they force their way through towards your prawn cockpit. But at least it consistently does it's job without needing to stop and craft consumables.

Comedy option is using a propulsion arm, and home alien containment raised crash fish as ammo stuffed into prawn storage. But they too deal surprisingly low damage for the effort involved. And unlike torpedoes which are worse in use, can't be restocked anywhere but a base with alien containment.

[hektor]

I think the best is the generic arm if you land the hits right.

[1ostcat]

The torpedo system for the PRAWN suit takes some getting used to...Like the fact that you have to load it while outside of the suit.

But when it comes to Warpers, a well-placed Vortex torpedo will send them flying across the map. A great way to get past the ones that are between you and your destination, without getting too close.

[Mykepatch]

I didn't make torpedoes till now, because I'm bored being obliged to get out of the prawn to change an arm or any upgrade. When in a cavern, I'm (at the moment) obliged to put grappling arms to get out (upwards), while i'm using drill and default arm to collect inside the cavern.
Same with seamoth, it's annoying to be obliged to be outside to change anything, especially in dangerous environment.

For me the point is that we should be able to change equipment of seamoth and prawn from inside for comfort as much as for security.

[1ostcat]

Originally posted by Mykepatch:

I didn't make torpedoes till now, because I'm bored being obliged to get out of the prawn to change an arm or any upgrade. When in a cavern, I'm (at the moment) obliged to put grappling arms to get out (upwards), while i'm using drill and default arm to collect inside the cavern.
Same with seamoth, it's annoying to be obliged to be outside to change anything, especially in dangerous environment.

For me the point is that we should be able to change equipment of seamoth and prawn from inside for comfort as much as for security.

There's no enviroment that is so dangerous that being outside a vehicle for the time it takes to swap an upgrade is a huge risk.

You might get bitten by a predator, but you aren't going to get insta-killed unless your health is really low. You should have plenty of time to get back into the vehicle.

I tend to jump out and repair my vehicles any time they drop below 80% integrity, even if the hostile is still in the area (Leviathans excepted). Things just don't move that fast in this game.

[maestro]

I never used them mainly because drill and grapple seem essential.

[Siberian Shaman]

I usually use two drill arms for speed of processing big deposits with upgraded jump jets. never really needed the grapple and to me it seems a little silly. Torpedos in my opinion are largley useless they are more likely to screw you up than them.

just drill your guys and move on most things won't bother you. For the big threats jump out and stasis them and then move on.

[...👑 JOST AMMAN 👑...]

@OP: don't use the grapple, it sucks, use the jumpjet upgrade... after that you can basically jump/fly anywhere with a bit of practice.

[UltraMan]

Originally posted by Jost Amman:

@OP: don't use the grapple, it sucks, use the jumpjet upgrade... after that you can basically jump/fly anywhere with a bit of practice.

Man you ain't using the grapple right then. You can avoid every monster (leviathan *mostly* excluded) and traverse caves at lightning speed with that thing and the booster upgrade.

If you're on the ground shoot it in front of you until it gets you going really fast then let go and jump and you're moving twice the speed of any vehicle in the game. Not only is it good for covering ground quickly, you can escape any non-leviathan monster (or just dance around sandsharks).

In the lost river cave you can traverse the entire thing without touching the ground with the grapple; just momentum and accurate shots. This is also why I said "leviathan *mostly* excluded." When I first tried to get by the ghost leviathan near the giant fossil remains I tried to sneak by him.
I failed.
He charged me.
First instinct was to grapple him.
Hit him on the top of his back with grapple.
Pull myself above him before he hits me.
*whoopty whopped*
The look on his face when some sickly, skinny guy in an exosuit who was his next meal just gave him the bamboozling of his life.

For real though, to each their own. The prawn suit is the best thing in the whole game. Any attachment combo is bound to be useful in its own way. I personally love the grapple for it's versatility and movement speed. I wouldn't dismiss it so quickly.

[The Senate]

Originally posted by Bubba Fett:

Finally got my first prawn suit. It took me a long time to find the 3rd fragment for the laser cutter, but I finally got one and got the prawn suit BP.
I've got the drill arm installed and have left the other arm stock for gathering stuff.
Is there any point in the torpedo arm?
Seems to me that I could just use the drill on anything that gets close enough to be a problem and that I'd have to carry a lot of torpedos to make the launcher worthwhile.
That seems like it would limit me for gathering resources more than it would help.

Opinions?

nope. i have never used the torpedo in my life. drill arm and graple is the way to go. you cant kill anything with torpedo anyway.

[...👑 JOST AMMAN 👑...]

Lol, necroing much eh?

[Stormtempter]

Grapple and drill arm, with thruster upgrade. I can kill a sea dragon just by grappling the back of their neck, riding them like a horse whilst drilling them to death, nya hah hah