typhoon missile plex, any use?

[Star_Raider15]

well, im not playing X3 but im about to start playing again(very soon )
so i was thinking, are typhoon missiles usefull in anyway? and is it worth it to make a typhoon missile plex?
also, just how many fabs are needed to make 100 typhoon missiles per hour?
i never used missiles in any previous games(just 34 missiles launched by day 15)

[teladianium]

I picked a few up in Xenon sectors and tried them out but they always seem to get shot down - though I only fired a couple so this may not be representative.

Whether it is profitable, perhaps someone else can say. I suppose your could always have a look at the X3 Sector Planner and check the required resources, do some sums and see whether you get a good return.

[bomb#20]

well, im not playing X3 but im about to start playing again(very soon )
so i was thinking, are typhoon missiles usefull in anyway? and is it worth it to make a typhoon missile plex?
also, just how many fabs are needed to make 100 typhoon missiles per hour?
i never used missiles in any previous games(just 34 missiles launched by day 15)

The Typhoon is a swarm missle, meaning you fire one and get multiple missles impacting on your enemy. Very usefull when you got no hammerheads and need to take out a Khaak M1. about 40 to 45 Typhoons fired rapidly kill any Capital Ship (Some might get shot down, but the shere mass of targets you provide when doing this disables the enemy to shoot them all down)

You can't really sell them that well, cuz the only ones buying them are Equipment docks, and those only pay the standard price for them. But for yourself to use they rock

[Star_Raider15]

im planning to use them in XI's, since it gets rather boring to fight of wave after wave of fighters

[jlehtone]

im planning to use them in XI's, since it gets rather boring to fight of wave after wave of fighters

Five Typhoons per K or J in XI. Two XI per game day. Probably my "most productive" Forge.

[ThommoHawk]

Each Missile in a swarm seems as powerful as a Thunderbolt, or Hornet. Launch a single Typhoon at a fully shielded P and you will get around 4 or 5 hits? Anyhow it is enough to completely strip it's shields. I launch a combination of firestorms / hammerheads and lots of Typhoons at capitals ships with good results.

[Deleted User]

I've got a 100/hour one of those on M.K.Revenge

25 Typhoon Missile Factory
2 Solar Power Plant XL
10 Crystal Fab M
9 Sun oil refinery L
9 Flower Farm L
Silicon on 6 roids, 99 total yield
Ore on 5 roids, 137 total yield

cost 1/3 billion.
Stocks 400 missiles - enough for at least a dozen full blow K/J (takes about 30 each to kill).

Very effective for quick Xenon sector clearance (in a Raptor, to Flak away the fighters).

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Plus one docked Demeter super freighter, can hold over 9 complex stock-loads in cargo.
Sometimes I've had around 1200 typhoons ready to go

[Star_Raider15]

I've got a 100/hour one of those on M.K.Revenge

25 Typhoon Missile Factory
2 Solar Power Plant XL
10 Crystal Fab M
9 Sun oil refinery L
9 Flower Farm L
Silicon on 6 roids, 99 total yield
Ore on 5 roids, 137 total yield

cost 1/3 billion.
Stocks 400 missiles - enough for at least a dozen full blow K/J (takes about 30 each to kill).

Very effective for quick Xenon sector clearance (in a Raptor, to Flak away the fighters).

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Plus one docked Demeter super freighter, can hold over 9 complex stock-loads in cargo.
Sometimes I've had around 1200 typhoons ready to go

impressive, i think i have found which weapon complex i will build first this game
still a lot of cash...how much does a typhoon fab cost(just the fab, not the complex)

[Bishop149]

Haha funnily enogh my missile production complex is in Moo-Kyes too! Its not quite as dramatic as yours.

Typhoons are very useful, they're fire and foget at any M3.

[Deleted User]

still a lot of cash...how much does a typhoon fab cost(just the fab, not the complex)

9.1 mill per factory, only from Grand Exchange
(or perhaps 46 mill for L size & 91 mill for XL size from Aleeka's beacon,
wish I'd started using Ashley's sooner )

That adds up to about 1/2 to 2/3 of the total cost of the complex,
depending on how many you put up.

[Star_Raider15]

well, i was thinking in using them only for XI's, till i get enough capital to build a self sufficient one i think im gonna have to stick to getting typhoons from the NPC

[Akula87]

Dave Toome... do you actually like the Collossus? I know this is a bit off topic for the post but I am curious about what people think of that carrier. I bought one but the lack of GPPC upfront drove me NUTS in missions and BPPCs are like 1/3 the power and 1/2 the range of GPPCs.

Typhoon missiles... perhaps the 2nd most useful missile(s) in the game behind T-bolts/ Tempests/Mosquitos (all grouped into one, ). I find that you can't get more than 12 at a time from a swarm missile fab at once... building them is the only real option for obtaining enough of these things. I do believe, however, that one missile from a Typhoon swarm is an order of magnitude stronger than a T-bolt; if you listen to explosions, after only 3 or 4 the sheilds have gone down quite far.

[Deleted User]

do you actually like the Collossus

er....no,
the Collosus in that shot was just for testing turret firing cone vs cockpit camera field of view purposes,
give me a Raptor any day

I think Typhoons are a little unbalanced, like wasp used to be before they
got nerfed in one of the patches (used to be a lot more fun before).


Star_Raider15: I'll set up an equipment dock in B.H.Sun, & you can buy
them off me, minimum order 200.
(= 6 mill. at ave. price, ie very quickly far cheaper to buy a fab).

[ThommoHawk]

The Colossus is a great ship if you can find a steering upgrade for it in a Pandora search. With an afterburner MK 2 it is perfect to get high kills in XI missions - can use it for most kills, and just fly out with a small squad of wingmen to get closer to the Xenons which are attacking the defending M1/2 or it will be prone to too much friendly fire. It is my personal command ship. (but I DO want a Raptor and Python as soon as my Split rank allows me).

[XanII]

Where can you buy a Typhoon missile forge?

[Deleted User]

9.1 mill per factory, only from Grand Exchange

A bit limited I thought,
but Ashley's Fabs mod (or same included in XFP4 mod),
gives you the option to buy bigger Typhoon fabs.