Are nuclear depth charges/decoys working?

[Urso]

Are they working as intended?

Captain last night reported dropping a nuclear decoy and only killing 1 of 5 swarmers.
Also, I wonder if they are dealing the 1k damage that railgun nuke shots are supposed to also deal. Having a hard time finding a wiki page on it.

I wonder if it's gonna be useful at all for Moloch hunting, which is what we intended for those.

[Moon Truther]

I think the depth charges are, like the normal ones. the decoy ones seem to be rather useless

[Urso]

I think they both are supposed to deal the same damage. The difference is usage if I understand it correctly - against enemy subs, you dont want the decoy sonar telling people where the charge is dropping, while against monsters you actually want them to chase the damn thing.

[Herr Morlock]

I'm not sure, but I think they actual differ only optical.

You have to stuff a "sonar beacon" (equiped with a battery) inside that decoy depth charge to make it work, as intended.

[NOT AI♔Postalover]

Originally posted by Spatz:

I'm not sure, but I think they actual differ only optical.

You have to stuff a "sonar beacon" (equiped with a battery) inside that decoy depth charge to make it work, as intended.

Do u? I thought the beacon just shows a point on the screen

I'm not supposed to give my opinion

BUT

When u drop the decoy depth charge it emits sounds and attract creatures (if they are able to hear it)

[Herr Morlock]

If you put a "sonar beacon" (equiped with battery) inside the decoy depth charge, the decoy sends sonar signals itself onto its surroundings.
You can see it, if you have it on your own passive (ship) sonar, while it has "landed" on the ground. It will enlighten its surroundings periodically (like the sonar works), which you see, even on passive sonar mode.

If you try the same without the "sonar beacon" inside, you will see nothing.

The sonar ability should lure enemies to the decoy. If it does not send out sonar waves, it will not work, theoretically.