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***This value will be used on the left axis (the Y-axis), follow it until it meets the line you picked from the first calculation. When they meet, go straight down and read the number on the bottom axis (the X-axis). This value is the falloff multiplier where the two ammo types do the same DPS, to the left the harder hitting does more DPS and to the right the softer hitting ammo do more DPS.

'''Example:''' A blaster Brutix is using medium T2 neutron blasters. Several fights have been fought at 5-6 km distance and the pilot wonders what ammo type would be best for DPS at that range (Note: fictive example, the author haven't fought in ~~cruiser~~ blaster boats and doesn't know ~~what~~ ranges ~~are common~~). The Brutix have no range bonuses, with sharpshooter IV the optimal range becomes 4320m and with Trejectory Analysis the falloff becomes 6000m. Navy antimatter does 27.6 damage and navy plutonium does 25.3 damage in total. First the pilot calculate what line in the graph to look at, ((-37.5%) - (-50%)) * 4320 / 6000 = 0.125 * 4320 / 6000 = 0.09, so the 0.10 line will be the one to look at. Next he calculates the damage ratio between the ammo types, 25.3 / 27.6 = 0.9167, rounded of to 0.92. The pilot looks up 0.92 on the Y-axis and follows it towards the right until it crosses the 0.10 line, which happens at about 0.5 falloff. This would be the falloff value for the hard hitting ammo (navy antimatter) at which point it does the same DPS as the softer hitting ammo (navy plutonium), at shorter falloffs the antimatter does more DPS and at higher falloffs the plutonium does more DPS. The pilot checks what distance corresponds to 0.5 falloff for the navy antimatter ammo, that is (4320 * (100% - 50%) + 6000 * 0.5 = 5160 meters. So above 5100 meter the navy plutonium is actually a bit better. The pilot repeats an identical calculation for navy uranium and see that it does more DPS than navy plutonium over 6000 meter. The pilot decides to go with the navy plutonium.

'''Example:''' A blaster Brutix is using medium T2 neutron blasters. Several fights have been fought at 5-6 km distance and the pilot wonders what ammo type would be best for DPS at that range (Note: fictive example, the author haven't fought in medium blaster boats and doesn't know anything about common ranges). The Brutix have no range bonuses, with sharpshooter IV the optimal range becomes 4320m and with Trejectory Analysis the falloff becomes 6000m. Navy antimatter does 27.6 damage and navy plutonium does 25.3 damage in total. First the pilot calculate what line in the graph to look at, ((-37.5%) - (-50%)) * 4320 / 6000 = 0.125 * 4320 / 6000 = 0.09, so the 0.10 line will be the one to look at. Next he calculates the damage ratio between the ammo types, 25.3 / 27.6 = 0.9167, rounded of to 0.92. The pilot looks up 0.92 on the Y-axis and follows it towards the right until it crosses the 0.10 line, which happens at about 0.5 falloff. This would be the falloff value for the hard hitting ammo (navy antimatter) at which point it does the same DPS as the softer hitting ammo (navy plutonium), at shorter falloffs the antimatter does more DPS and at higher falloffs the plutonium does more DPS. The pilot checks what distance corresponds to 0.5 falloff for the navy antimatter ammo, that is (4320 * (100% - 50%) + 6000 * 0.5 = 5160 meters. So above 5100 meter the navy plutonium is actually a bit better. The pilot repeats an identical calculation for navy uranium and see that it does more DPS than navy plutonium over 6000 meter. The pilot decides to go with the navy plutonium.

(Note: The DPS differance in this example turns out to be small, only about 0-2% more DPS for plutonium (up to 6000m), that must be weighted to the 8.5% damage differance that happens inside optimal but also the additonal % differance at longer ranges, it all depends on what kind of ranges that is seen in actual combat).

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 ***This value will be used on the left axis (the Y-axis), follow it until it meets the line you picked from the first calculation. When they meet, go straight down and read the number on the bottom axis (the X-axis). This value is the falloff multiplier where the two ammo types do the same DPS, to the left the harder hitting does more DPS and to the right the softer hitting ammo do more DPS.
-'''Example:''' A blaster Brutix is using medium T2 neutron blasters. Several fights have been fought at 5-6 km distance and the pilot wonders what ammo type would be best for DPS at that range (Note: fictive example, the author haven't fought in cruiser blaster boats and doesn't know what ranges are common). The Brutix have no range bonuses, with sharpshooter IV the optimal range becomes 4320m and with Trejectory Analysis the falloff becomes 6000m. Navy antimatter does 27.6 damage and navy plutonium does 25.3 damage in total. First the pilot calculate what line in the graph to look at, ((-37.5%) - (-50%)) * 4320 / 6000 = 0.125 * 4320 / 6000 = 0.09, so the 0.10 line will be the one to look at. Next he calculates the damage ratio between the ammo types, 25.3 / 27.6 = 0.9167, rounded of to 0.92. The pilot looks up 0.92 on the Y-axis and follows it towards the right until it crosses the 0.10 line, which happens at about 0.5 falloff. This would be the falloff value for the hard hitting ammo (navy antimatter) at which point it does the same DPS as the softer hitting ammo (navy plutonium), at shorter falloffs the antimatter does more DPS and at higher falloffs the plutonium does more DPS. The pilot checks what distance corresponds to 0.5 falloff for the navy antimatter ammo, that is (4320 * (100% - 50%) + 6000 * 0.5 = 5160 meters. So above 5100 meter the navy plutonium is actually a bit better. The pilot repeats an identical calculation for navy uranium and see that it does more DPS than navy plutonium over 6000 meter. The pilot decides to go with the navy plutonium.
+'''Example:''' A blaster Brutix is using medium T2 neutron blasters. Several fights have been fought at 5-6 km distance and the pilot wonders what ammo type would be best for DPS at that range (Note: fictive example, the author haven't fought in medium blaster boats and doesn't know anything about common ranges). The Brutix have no range bonuses, with sharpshooter IV the optimal range becomes 4320m and with Trejectory Analysis the falloff becomes 6000m. Navy antimatter does 27.6 damage and navy plutonium does 25.3 damage in total. First the pilot calculate what line in the graph to look at, ((-37.5%) - (-50%)) * 4320 / 6000 = 0.125 * 4320 / 6000 = 0.09, so the 0.10 line will be the one to look at. Next he calculates the damage ratio between the ammo types, 25.3 / 27.6 = 0.9167, rounded of to 0.92. The pilot looks up 0.92 on the Y-axis and follows it towards the right until it crosses the 0.10 line, which happens at about 0.5 falloff. This would be the falloff value for the hard hitting ammo (navy antimatter) at which point it does the same DPS as the softer hitting ammo (navy plutonium), at shorter falloffs the antimatter does more DPS and at higher falloffs the plutonium does more DPS. The pilot checks what distance corresponds to 0.5 falloff for the navy antimatter ammo, that is (4320 * (100% - 50%) + 6000 * 0.5 = 5160 meters. So above 5100 meter the navy plutonium is actually a bit better. The pilot repeats an identical calculation for navy uranium and see that it does more DPS than navy plutonium over 6000 meter. The pilot decides to go with the navy plutonium.
 (Note: The DPS differance in this example turns out to be small, only about 0-2% more DPS for plutonium (up to 6000m), that must be weighted to the 8.5% damage differance that happens inside optimal but also the additonal % differance at longer ranges, it all depends on what kind of ranges that is seen in actual combat).