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Beltze Sorgin
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Posted - 2010.06.30 12:47:00 -
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Sorry for the double post. I posted this originally in Ships & Modules but no one seems able to help me.
I was doing a bit of ratting & up popped some Angel Raiders. I got to optimum gun range (c800m) started orbiting but I couldn't hit them. I had to get my drones to kill them. Here's my fit.
[Bellicose]
Damage Control I
Gyrostabilizer I
Co-Processor I
Medium Shield Booster I
Invulnerability Field I
10MN Afterburner I
Small Cap Booster 1
220mm Vulcan AutoCannon I, Fusion M
220mm Vulcan AutoCannon I, Fusion M
220mm Vulcan AutoCannon I, Titanium Sabot M
Assault Missile Launcher I, Piranha Light Missile
Salvager I
Medium Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Valkyrie I x1
Valkyrie I x1
Valkyrie I x1
Valkyrie I x1
Is my fit to blame or am I just being unlucky? Any help would be much appreciated.
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Estel Arador
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Posted - 2010.06.30 13:14:00 -
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You're orbiting too close, making it impossible for your turrets to 'track' the target. Autocannon are designed to fight in fall-off (outside the inappropriately named 'optimal' range of the turret); if you look at their stats you'll see that autocannon have a huge fall-off compared to their optimal range.
You can safely orbit at one half to once the fall-off range and still do good damage (certainly better damage than when you miss all the time  )
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Beltze Sorgin
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Posted - 2010.06.30 13:16:00 -
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Ahhh so "optimum range" for ACs isn't really optimum. Many thanks for your help & the lovely Jump Clones 
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Malcanis
Caldari
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
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Posted - 2010.06.30 14:59:00 -
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Additionally, you could get some named ACs which should have better tracking and falloff.
The damage reduction when you're within optimum + 25% falloff is trivial, and that's the range I generally try to maintain for same-sized targets. Even at optimum + 75% falloff you're still doing pretty good damage, and your guns should be fine hitting 1 size smaller targets at that range.
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