Freyda
Gallente
Celestial Industries
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Posted - 2006.09.12 12:25:00 -
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I can't really be asked to fish out the charts that someone made for damage against range.. I may do after a few more coffees.... 
But anyways, the range bonus causes caldari ships to out damage ships with a damage bonus at high the extreme range of their guns.
So a gallente ship may do more damage at say.. 30 km, but the caldari ship with the range bonus will do more damage than the gallente ship at 50 km. The Damage bonus from to rails makes gallente ships better at medium to short range, but at longer ranges Caldari ships like the Ferox dps becomes higher because of that hefty optimal range bonus.
You guys really need to factor that in.. the range of an engagement effects your dps a LOT, It effects your dps more than even your SP in gunnery does. At the extreme max range of railguns ranges, a ferox with equal gunnery skills to a ship like the brutix using the same rails and some number of damage mods will out damage it. But at closer ranges of engagement then the Brutix's damage bonus will overtake the advantage that the extra optimal range gave the ferox.
With the new Caldari battleship coming in with all those railguns, the caldari side will be able to snipe, at large, medium and small railgun levels, and have missle boats for more medium - short range.. though if they do go short range I'm gonna start putting nos's onto everything I fly :).
Medium rails don't suck, if you have the skills and have someone else tackle for you then you can happily snipe far far away, outside of that pour Gal Brutix's effective railgun range, and laugh. Of course you have to hope that they're not a blasterix with a mwd.. or else without a tackler you're space dust.
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Freyda
Gallente
Celestial Industries
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Posted - 2006.09.12 16:21:00 -
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Then don't solo in a rail ferox.. geez.. Simple as that.
I don't whine in a blaster ship when I can't get to them before they break my tank if I know it's not gonna work for me.
Just go in a group.. sit back in your rail ferox while a tackler keeps them webbed, and when the rohk comes out, do the same. Simple as. If the set up you have doesn't work for solo then don't use the set up solo, don't be so fast to jump on the 'this game needs a rebalance' wagon. In my opinion amarr lasers need a fix WAAAAY before rails on Caldari do.
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