Talk:High Explosive
Blowing Through Interior Walls
How good are (unmodified) High Explosives for blowing through interior walls of alien ships? I see the damage is 110, and that would seem to be enough, compared to other weapons that can blast through interior walls... I'm just wondering if it's a widely used tactic early in the game, prior to better explosives becoming available.
Eric 17:37, 27 July 2006 (PDT)
High Explosives aren't any good for that. 110 normal damage, sure, but against terrain explosives do half damage. 55 isn't even close. I think the Hovertank's Fusion Bomb is enough to poke through inner walls though. --Zombie 08:59, 28 July 2006 (PDT)
HE (object damage 55) can only take out Navigation consoles (damage 50) -- so in effect, there is only one UFO inner wall that it can destroy: the center-western tile of an Abductor's bridge. HWP Fusion can destroy those, flashing walls, and the green computer panel-walls found in a number of places. See Destroying_Terrain#UFO_structures.
--Ethereal Cereal 10:01, 29 July 2006 (PDT)