Posted by: Charlie Beeler
« on: September 02, 2012, 09:09:15 AM »Close but not quite right.
If a beam fire control has a tracking speed inferior to the missile speed you have a negative modifier as Nathan_ discribes calculated as (BFC tracking speed/Missile speed)*BFC ToHit%.
Max Tracking Time Bonus vs Missiles X% is a direct offet to the penalty modifier. It accumulates at 2% per 5 second impulse to a maximum of the Tech X%. The bonus starts accumulating when the missile salvo is detected on active sensors. This limited to only offsetting the negative modifier.
Example: BFC with TS of 30k/kps (and turreted beam with at least the same TS), vs a missile at 40k/kps your BFC tohit is 75% of the calcuated % (ie a 25% penalty). Assuming the tech for a 20% bonus has been researched and the salvo can be tracked for at least 50 seconds the 25% penalty is reduced to 5%. Now assuming that the tech is for a 40% bonus and the salvo is tracked for at least 100 seconds only the 25% penalty is negated, you don't get a bonus of 15% above BFC's hit chance.
If a beam fire control has a tracking speed inferior to the missile speed you have a negative modifier as Nathan_ discribes calculated as (BFC tracking speed/Missile speed)*BFC ToHit%.
Max Tracking Time Bonus vs Missiles X% is a direct offet to the penalty modifier. It accumulates at 2% per 5 second impulse to a maximum of the Tech X%. The bonus starts accumulating when the missile salvo is detected on active sensors. This limited to only offsetting the negative modifier.
Example: BFC with TS of 30k/kps (and turreted beam with at least the same TS), vs a missile at 40k/kps your BFC tohit is 75% of the calcuated % (ie a 25% penalty). Assuming the tech for a 20% bonus has been researched and the salvo can be tracked for at least 50 seconds the 25% penalty is reduced to 5%. Now assuming that the tech is for a 40% bonus and the salvo is tracked for at least 100 seconds only the 25% penalty is negated, you don't get a bonus of 15% above BFC's hit chance.
