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| == Typical S/E Values == | | == Practical application of the equation == |
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| Below is a table that lists some expected values for S/E for each missile type against various hull sizes:
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| [[Image:SEvalues.png]]
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| == Speed Tanking Missile Damage ==
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| We will now look at what velocities you can speed tank missile damage, and how much damage reduction you can get from speed tanking. To start, we'll assume that S/E = 1. Of course, the table above shows that this is very wrong, but you can factor in this by multiplying the explosion velocity V<sub>e</sub> by S/E, which will adjust the figures appropriately. Hence, if a ship fires a standard light missile at a frigate then we multiply the explosion velocity of 170 by S/E, which will be about 80%, which gives us an effectively explosion velocity of about 136. Below is a list of explosion velocities for most missiles.
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| |+ Explosion Velocities for Missiles
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| Rockets
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| | Standard
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| | 150
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| | Anti-Ship
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| | 150
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| | Range
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| | Light
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| | Standard
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| | Anti-Ship
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| | 174
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| | Precision
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| | 179
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| | Heavy
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| | Standard
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| | 81
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| | High Damage
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| | 97
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| | High Precision
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| | Heavy Assault
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| | Standard
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| | Range
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| | Standard
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| | High Damage
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| | High Precision
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| | Standard
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| | High Damage
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| | Range
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| One final chart will be needed. This chart will indicate how many times faster than the missile's effective explosion velocity you must travel to reduce the incoming damage by a given amount, roughly.
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| [[File:damage_reduction_chart.png]]
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| == Using These Charts ==
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| How can we possibly use these charts effectively? Well, suppose I'm firing standard light missiles at a target. My explosion velocity sits at about 170. If I'm shooting this missile at a frigate, then my effective explosion velocity becomes 136. Since he's webbed and has his afterburner on, he's going at about 400 m/s, which is roughly 3 times my explosion velocity. We look at the proper row in the table above and scan across until we see which columns 3 lies between. We then look up and see that I'm doing about 50% reduced damage on him. If we were allowed to travel without the web, he could easily hit 10 times my explosion velocity, at which point the damage drops to 30-40%. From this, you should take away the fact that even a target that's the right size for your missiles moving even at very normal speeds might cut your DPS by 50%, much like a turret tracking something of the right speed and size might take a similar DPS cut.
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| From this, take away that ships do not need to be moving very quickly to slice missile damage, as the explosion radii are typically quite low.
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| = Increasing Missile Damage = | | = Increasing Missile Damage = |
