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Bigger guns do more DPS, assuming they hit, but they [[Gunnery_Guide#Tracking|track]] targets more slowly and they use up more powergrid and CPU.

So, for example, there are three kinds of medium-sized autocannon (the short-ranged kind of projectile weapon): ~~[http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Dual_180mm_Autocannon_I~~ Dual 180mm], ~~[http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/220mm_Vulcan_Autocannon_I~~ 220mm] and ~~[http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/425mm_Autocannon_I~~ 425mm]. The 425mm autocannons do a bit more damage, but the 220mm autocannons have much more forgiving fitting requirements (especially if your fitting skills -- see [[#Train fitting skills|below]] -- need more training). On some ships it may be that fitting a rack of 425s would use up so much powergrid and CPU that you wouldn't be able to fit a tank. In that situation, fitting 220s would be better because, even though you would do a little less damage per second, your ship would survive longer and so apply more total damage.

So, for example, there are three kinds of medium-sized autocannon (the short-ranged kind of projectile weapon): Dual 180mm, 220mm, and 425mm. The 425mm autocannons do a bit more damage, but the 220mm autocannons have much more forgiving fitting requirements (especially if your fitting skills -- see [[#Train fitting skills|below]] -- need more training). On some ships it may be that fitting a rack of 425s would use up so much powergrid and CPU that you wouldn't be able to fit a tank. In that situation, fitting 220s would be better because, even though you would do a little less damage per second, your ship would survive longer and so apply more total damage.

(This does not mean that you should fit frigate-sized guns on a cruiser. Downsizing within the available medium or large guns is sometimes wise, but downsizing from large to medium guns, or from mediums to smalls, usually isn't, unless you're fitting a bait ship or certain kinds of drone boat fits.)

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 Bigger guns do more DPS, assuming they hit, but they [[Gunnery_Guide#Tracking|track]] targets more slowly and they use up more powergrid and CPU.
-So, for example, there are three kinds of medium-sized autocannon (the short-ranged kind of projectile weapon): [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Dual_180mm_Autocannon_I Dual 180mm], [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/220mm_Vulcan_Autocannon_I 220mm] and [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/425mm_Autocannon_I 425mm]. The 425mm autocannons do a bit more damage, but the 220mm autocannons have much more forgiving fitting requirements (especially if your fitting skills -- see [[#Train fitting skills|below]] -- need more training). On some ships it may be that fitting a rack of 425s would use up so much powergrid and CPU that you wouldn't be able to fit a tank. In that situation, fitting 220s would be better because, even though you would do a little less damage per second, your ship would survive longer and so apply more total damage.
+So, for example, there are three kinds of medium-sized autocannon (the short-ranged kind of projectile weapon): Dual 180mm, 220mm, and 425mm. The 425mm autocannons do a bit more damage, but the 220mm autocannons have much more forgiving fitting requirements (especially if your fitting skills -- see [[#Train fitting skills|below]] -- need more training). On some ships it may be that fitting a rack of 425s would use up so much powergrid and CPU that you wouldn't be able to fit a tank. In that situation, fitting 220s would be better because, even though you would do a little less damage per second, your ship would survive longer and so apply more total damage.
 (This does not mean that you should fit frigate-sized guns on a cruiser. Downsizing within the available medium or large guns is sometimes wise, but downsizing from large to medium guns, or from mediums to smalls, usually isn't, unless you're fitting a bait ship or certain kinds of drone boat fits.)