I've seen other threads where people have said it depends if your torps were loading in
the previous game before it ended etc but after playing thousands of games with torp
ships, the counter does begin when you enter the room. If you want to have your torps
loaded, don't enter a near full room.

"The reload counters on torpedo launchers start right when you enter the room, and your
launchers won't be ready until then. So if you join a room and it immediately splits, then
the time left over is what you'll spend readying your launchers at the start of a battle.
To fix this, just join a room a bit earlier so that you're in it for at least a minute or
so before the battle actually starts.

Besides that, it should take you at least 30 seconds to reach the torp-dropping line
anyways, so it doesn't really hurt. "


Mmmm..... that explains alot of things....

The reload counters on torpedo launchers start right when you enter the room, and your
launchers won't be ready until then. So if you join a room and it immediately splits, then
the time left over is what you'll spend readying your launchers at the start of a battle.
To fix this, just join a room a bit earlier so that you're in it for at least a minute or
so before the battle actually starts.

Besides that, it should take you at least 30 seconds to reach the torp-dropping line
anyways, so it doesn't really hurt.