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'''Note: The entire expression contained within the outermost set of parentheses is an exponent.'''

:<math> \displaystyle \text{Chance to hit} = 0.5^{\~~Large~~ \left( \left( \frac{\text{Angular} \times 40,000 \text{ m}}{\text{Tracking} \times \text{Signature}} \right)^2 + \left(\frac{\max(0,\ \text{Distance} - \text{Optimal})}{\text{Falloff}} \right)^2\right)} </math>

:<math> \displaystyle \text{Chance to hit} = 0.5^{\displaystyle \left( \left( \frac{\text{Angular} \times 40,000 \text{ m}}{\text{Tracking} \times \text{Signature}} \right)^2 + \left(\frac{\max(0,\ \text{Distance} - \text{Optimal})}{\text{Falloff}} \right)^2\right)} </math>

''Angular'' is the [[Angular Velocity|angular velocity]] (movement between the attacker and the target expressed as an angle in radians per second).

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The damage that a turret deals will be randomly spread around a fixed value called base damage. The base damage is calculated from the turret's Damage Multiplier attribute, the ammo's damage values, hull modifiers and skills. The base damage is the so called "paper damage" that is shown in all info windows. "Paper DPS" is simply "paper damage" divided by rate of fire.

But the surprising part of the damage mechanic is that the damage calculations are linked to hit chance calculations. At the heart of each turret's damage output is a single randomly generated value between 0 and 1 that is several digits long. This random number is used to determine '''both''' if the turret hits and how much damage it does. Unfortunately, the misses are those random numbers that would have caused the most damage. If the random number is less than 0.01 (1% chance) a special case occurs, a perfect hit (or "Wrecking shot"). These will always deal exactly 300% of the base damage. A funny result of this is that when the hit chance is 1% or less, only misses and perfect hits can occur.

But the surprising part of the damage mechanic is that the damage calculations are linked to hit chance calculations. At the heart of each turret's damage output is a single randomly generated value between 0 and 1 that is several digits long. This random number is used to determine '''both''' if the turret hits and how much damage it does. Unfortunately, the misses are those random numbers that would have caused the most damage. If the random number is less than 0.01 (1% chance) a special case occurs, a perfect hit (or "Wrecking shot"). These will always deal exactly 300% of the base damage, completely ignoring normal tracking rules and signature radius. A funny result of this is that when the hit chance is 1% or less, only misses and perfect hits can occur.

The damage modifier for a normal hit is calculated with the following formula. In 100% hit chance situation this leads to even distribution from 50% to 149% with extra spike at 300% damage.

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Therefore it's wise to spiral in towards the enemy. To do this:

# Zoom in reasonably close to your ship and press C to make your camera autofollow the selected enemy (alternatively center the camera on your enemy manually so that it covers up the enemy on your screen.)

# Zoom in reasonably close to your ship and press {{button|C}} to make your camera autofollow the selected enemy (alternatively center the camera on your enemy manually so that it covers up the enemy on your screen.)

# Now double-click in space halfway between your ship and the edge of the screen (in any direction).

# Your ship will begin moving roughly towards the enemy, but not directly at them; it will also move away from its position covering the enemy ship on your screen.

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# This should make you spiral around them, moving ever closer until you can orbit (hopefully safely).

# There is no six. (It burned straight towards the enemy with its MWD on and was one-shotted.)

# It might be a good idea to practice this on large NPC belt ~~rats~~ before trying it in PvP combat.

# It might be a good idea to practice this on large NPC [[belt rat]]s before trying it in PvP combat.

Similarly it's good not to just burn straight away from a larger enemy if you're trying to escape, though by that point in a battle you may find you're too busy to take account of your relationship to enemy tracking. To do this spiral out:

# Open the Tactic overview (which is located left to your HUD, or press CTRL + D)

# Open the Tactic overview (which is located left to your HUD, or press {{button|CTRL}} + {{button|D}})

# Make sure you have the ship selected from which you want to escape

# Zoom in reasonably close to your ship, notice the line drawn between the enemy and your ship.

# Then turn your camera by about 180° and try ~~use~~ that line to look directly away from the enemy (don't bother with matching the line perfectly)

# Then turn your camera by about 180° and try using that line to look directly away from the enemy (don't bother with matching the line perfectly)

# Now double-click in space halfway between your ship and the edge of the screen (in any direction).

# Six shan't be.

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 '''Note: The entire expression contained within the outermost set of parentheses is an exponent.'''
-:<math> \displaystyle \text{Chance to hit} = 0.5^{\Large \left( \left( \frac{\text{Angular} \times 40,000 \text{ m}}{\text{Tracking} \times \text{Signature}} \right)^2 + \left(\frac{\max(0,\ \text{Distance} - \text{Optimal})}{\text{Falloff}} \right)^2\right)} </math>
+:<math> \displaystyle \text{Chance to hit} = 0.5^{\displaystyle \left( \left( \frac{\text{Angular} \times 40,000 \text{ m}}{\text{Tracking} \times \text{Signature}} \right)^2 + \left(\frac{\max(0,\ \text{Distance} - \text{Optimal})}{\text{Falloff}} \right)^2\right)} </math>
 ''Angular'' is the [[Angular Velocity|angular velocity]] (movement between the attacker and the target expressed as an angle in radians per second).
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 The damage that a turret deals will be randomly spread around a fixed value called base damage. The base damage is calculated from the turret's Damage Multiplier attribute, the ammo's damage values, hull modifiers and skills. The base damage is the so called "paper damage" that is shown in all info windows. "Paper DPS" is simply "paper damage" divided by rate of fire.
-But the surprising part of the damage mechanic is that the damage calculations are linked to hit chance calculations. At the heart of each turret's damage output is a single randomly generated value between 0 and 1 that is several digits long. This random number is used to determine '''both''' if the turret hits and how much damage it does. Unfortunately, the misses are those random numbers that would have caused the most damage. If the random number is less than 0.01 (1% chance) a special case occurs, a perfect hit (or "Wrecking shot"). These will always deal exactly 300% of the base damage. A funny result of this is that when the hit chance is 1% or less, only misses and perfect hits can occur.
+But the surprising part of the damage mechanic is that the damage calculations are linked to hit chance calculations. At the heart of each turret's damage output is a single randomly generated value between 0 and 1 that is several digits long. This random number is used to determine '''both''' if the turret hits and how much damage it does. Unfortunately, the misses are those random numbers that would have caused the most damage. If the random number is less than 0.01 (1% chance) a special case occurs, a perfect hit (or "Wrecking shot"). These will always deal exactly 300% of the base damage, completely ignoring normal tracking rules and signature radius. A funny result of this is that when the hit chance is 1% or less, only misses and perfect hits can occur.
 The damage modifier for a normal hit is calculated with the following formula. In 100% hit chance situation this leads to even distribution from 50% to 149% with extra spike at 300% damage.
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 Therefore it's wise to spiral in towards the enemy. To do this:
-# Zoom in reasonably close to your ship and press C to make your camera autofollow the selected enemy (alternatively center the camera on your enemy manually so that it covers up the enemy on your screen.)
+# Zoom in reasonably close to your ship and press {{button|C}} to make your camera autofollow the selected enemy (alternatively center the camera on your enemy manually so that it covers up the enemy on your screen.)
 # Now double-click in space halfway between your ship and the edge of the screen (in any direction).
 # Your ship will begin moving roughly towards the enemy, but not directly at them; it will also move away from its position covering the enemy ship on your screen.
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 # This should make you spiral around them, moving ever closer until you can orbit (hopefully safely).
 # There is no six. (It burned straight towards the enemy with its MWD on and was one-shotted.)
-# It might be a good idea to practice this on large NPC belt rats before trying it in PvP combat.
+# It might be a good idea to practice this on large NPC [[belt rat]]s before trying it in PvP combat.
 Similarly it's good not to just burn straight away from a larger enemy if you're trying to escape, though by that point in a battle you may find you're too busy to take account of your relationship to enemy tracking. To do this spiral out:
-# Open the Tactic overview (which is located left to your HUD, or press CTRL + D)
+# Open the Tactic overview (which is located left to your HUD, or press {{button|CTRL}} + {{button|D}})
 # Make sure you have the ship selected from which you want to escape
 # Zoom in reasonably close to your ship, notice the line drawn between the enemy and your ship.
-# Then turn your camera by about 180° and try use that line to look directly away from the enemy (don't bother with matching the line perfectly)
+# Then turn your camera by about 180° and try using that line to look directly away from the enemy (don't bother with matching the line perfectly)
 # Now double-click in space halfway between your ship and the edge of the screen (in any direction).
 # Six shan't be.