Posted by: Mormota
« on: November 07, 2012, 10:44:39 AM »Thanks!
Posted by: Nathan_
« on: November 04, 2012, 11:43:10 AM »Linear, but crew grade and observation bonuses apply, the event log prints it all out.
Posted by: Mormota
« on: November 04, 2012, 11:00:29 AM »Thanks. Do you happen to know how the penalty is calculated? Is it a simple targeting speed/target speed linear equation?
Posted by: Brian Neumann
« on: November 04, 2012, 10:23:49 AM »The penalty for targetting something faster than your tracking speed is only calculated once. With a turret involved it would be the worse of the fire control tracking speed, or the turret tracking speed. The only time that having a turret tracking speed greater than your fire control tracking speed is when you go to upgrade a ships fire control. For point defense if you only have to upgrade the fire control to take advantage of the new tracking speed it can be a fairly simple upgrade. If you also have to replace the turrets involved the cost often can become quite significant. When you design a turret, check to see if the hull size penalty for a higher tracking speed is significant. For many point defense aplications you can get most of the tracking speed for the next fire control upgrade without it costing to much. This is only a significant factor for ships you plan to upgrade, but it can make a difference.
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Posted by: Mormota
« on: November 04, 2012, 09:11:00 AM »How exactly is the turret and beam fire control targeting speed penalty calculated? And what if both the tracking and the targeting speed is lower than the target's speed? Does it apply the malus twice?
Or to put it in different terms, is it worth anything to have a turret with tracking speed greater than the beam fire control's targeting speed?
Or to put it in different terms, is it worth anything to have a turret with tracking speed greater than the beam fire control's targeting speed?
