Forums - Archimedean Dynasty

torpedoes:
as i said before, i consider bigbangs utterly useless, as they take ages to get anywhere. Even the slowest bomber outruns them, so they can only be used at stationairy targets such as controll centers and the huge cargo ships. However, even then they are usually intercepted by gun turrets hunting anything that moves, since they make a lot of noise.

if you want to take out an enemy fast, in the beginning you can safely use tiger sharks I or II, or maneaters I or II. They are fast, maneuvrable and hard to shake off. Dont use anything that can be distracted by buzzers unless you have no other option. On that, in the previous mentioned mission, you could use a torch and a buzzer to create some distraction, as well as the buzzer equivalent torpedo, forgot the name. Hammerheads are great: unshakable, agile and fast. They cant destroy anything except the lightest scouts though.

Flash sharks are definately prize winners: they are fast, hard to shake and disable some ships at I, many at II and most at III. Against the bionts you may want to switch to leeches. Leeches will disable pretty much any standard ship you'll encounter. Except for the fanatics near the pole (you'll know what i'm talking about when you get there)

traderoutes in the beginning often involve shipping torpedoes to outposts and bringing back guns or software (or was it the other way around?)

Turrets, your own and enemy:
its worth getting a turret even without software, it doubles your firepower
In the beginning your most likely used turret is on the bottom. Check the controlls, theres a switch to make you go around the sea upside down. Since the best survival strategy is similar to flight similators (hug the ground), going upsode down will protect your vulnerable top.
As mentioned before, in the beginning you'll want to use turrets to hunt torpedoes. Better software is more important than a better gun. Also, dont forget, every new mission, to set the turret on S&D, and dont forget to set it to sync fire when you need it. Use the F- shortcut keys
No matter how good the software, or if they are ship or stationairy turrets, they dont detect anything further than 100m. Getting longer ranged turret weapons is only important for sync firing. On that, make sure your main guns have a good range. That is more important than EMP or damage, since it allows you to take out turrets, including those on battleships, without being targeted. Biont turrets, if i remember correct, have a slightly longer range. Counter this by drifting in range, fire some shots and reverse. The turrets have a slower reaction time and only occasionally manage to hit you, once or twice, while you should get in a good ten to twenty.

Important upgrades also include the silencer, or however it was called, for more torpedo security and the turbo. In some missions it will be your task to keep alive or save someone, which will be near impossible with the regular speed you have.