Ships & Modules

You say that like there is something wrong with being a noob. If I'm a noob then I'm a noob, although a rather old one.. Asking questions is a good way to learn, and as you grow and learn in this game, you'll learn to ask better questions. Not only that but you'll be able to answer the new noob questions on this forum which will further add to not being seen as a noob anymore.

But hey why would you care if people in a game or on a forum view you as a noob?? I'd much rather be appreciated by my friends and family in rl.

This looks like a baited hook to me, but heck, I will bight.

1) Torps do less than full damage against ships that have a smaller signature radius than the Torp’s explosion radius. L3 missions have small ships, so Torps do less damage to them.

2) Torps do less than full damage against ships that are moving faster than their explosions velocity (61 m per sec for Inferno Rage Torpedo’s for example) and small ships in L3 missions fly fast. Actually just about any ship will exceed 61m per second, so you would almost never do full damage.

3) Torps are close range, and Rats usually do the most damage at close range, making them harder to tank than if you were kiting them 60 km out. This would be more of an issue in level 4 missions where the ships do more damage.

Anyway, that is my best guess as to why torps don’t kick ass in L3 missions. I am guessing that you already know this, and just ask to get someone to explain it to the lurkers.