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I never really got into using torpedos much because I always found them bothersome as a system. After finding out that the bays can be set to auto loading I gave the ones I ran into anyways a try and started to see some use for them. However, being as selective about using them as I want to be is being made extremely difficult by the game: While the auto loading in combination with binding a certain bay to a weapon group makes it possible to be selective about what I'm firing, the fact that the weapon groups get /all/ turned back on after I had sent my ship on a mission, or just reloaded my game, is bothersome. This also limits the amount of bays I can control to the weapon groups I have left free, not mentioning that I have to check which are active or inactive whenever I want to fire any so I fire the right one. What I would prefer as an alternative way would be having keybinds to fire a specific bay directly. For example, to fire bays 2 and 3 holding down [alt] and then pressing first [2] followed by [3] would be a nicer approach than managing weapon groups. This could be accompanied by a small update to the UI to make it easier to see what is loaded where: The respective torpedo icon with a small number for it's bay and the first 3 letters of the type name (Nuc, Ion, Neu, Tan) would be very helpful to stay aware of the load out.

I know it's a mod and that other people have mentioned this, but torpedo production should be part of the basic game. If you can build fighter with assemblies, why not torpedoes?

I couldn't find this suggestion in here anywhere, so I decided to make a thread for it. I have wanted this to be a thing for a while now. So we can design the look of ships, stations, turrets and fighters. Why not torpedoes? Right now you can buy torpedoes from Equipment Docks, but they only have a limited supply and not all Equipment Docks are going to have the type of torpedoes you want. So it would be great if you could take a torpedo you like and turn it into a custom torpedo the way you can turn a turret into a custom fighter. You can then blueprint and build more of them just in the same way as fighters. You just need the money and resources to do so. Just for fun, and hopefully for the future, I made some custom torpedo designs. 😎 Add your own screen shots of any torpedo designs you make along with your thoughts on this suggestion.