Posted by: Jovus
« on: April 22, 2018, 09:56:56 AM »I just checked the spreadsheet, and found a mistake. Average number of hits is based on full size gauss cannons for all sizes in multiple sections. Correcting this shows no significant difference between the sizes for average hits. Good thinking to check though.
This is true. I've finally gone back and fixed it.
Anyhow, this changes the recommendations somewhat.
Because of slight rounding differences, the best gauss cannons to use are the 5HS and the 1HS versions. They edge out a slightly greater average number of hits than the others; it's on the order of a tenth of a missile or so, depending on ROF.
Of course, this all assumes that the numbers from Aurora are accurate, rather than rounded or treated differently under the hood.