Originally Posted by someGit

Like every skill and piece of gear in game...there's a trade-off...

Template combat stagnancy is the worst fate of an MMO ... So I'd rather have quirky gear that requires specific approaches to be effective than uber-all-for-ones...

Originally Posted by n0ebert

The difference with the tricobalt is it has a few km aoe damage radius and doesn't hit just one ship. If you fire it into the middle of a fleet, it will damage almost all of them. (those in the centralized cluster). That's where it's benefit is over other torpedoes I would guess.

Originally Posted by Zish

actualy the tradeoff is admiral required. thereisa reason a lt. or lt.com doesnt have access to this. the joke about it isvery simple. even when used in PvE and perfectly timed, it will still do less damage then photons or quantums over the same amount of time.

Originally Posted by someGit

Well...I see at least one person in this thread alone, who uses it and loves it...

So why tell them not to use it?

Since when is being Admiral a trade-off in a game made up of 90% power-leveled admirals? =D

Originally Posted by JustTray

So don't get it. There's tons of torpedos types and I don't see anyone crying about chroniton or plasma. They just work differently, use which ever one works for you.

Wow.