Turret mechanics: Difference between revisions

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The speed at which a target moves across a turret's field of view doesn't depend only on the target's real velocity. The direction the target's moving in relative to the ship firing at it matters too: a ship that burns straight towards you could be quite easy to hit, regardless of its speed, because it's not moving very fast across your turrets' point-of-view. Range also affects angular velocity: a target orbiting you at 400m/s at a range of 7,000m has a much higher angular velocity than a target orbiting you at 400m/s at a range of 30km.

Note that the actual [[Turret Damage|mathematics of tracking]] are more involved than the basic summary here. Angular velocity itself depends on transversal velocity, but it's easier to think about angular velocity since measurements of it in radians per second relate easily to the figures for gun tracking speed, which are also in radians per second. You can find a brief explanation of the differences between angular and ~~tranversal~~ velocity [[Overview Guide#The Columns Tab|here]] within our overview guide.

Note that the actual [[Turret Damage|mathematics of tracking]] are more involved than the basic summary here. Angular velocity itself depends on transversal velocity, but it's easier to think about angular velocity since measurements of it in radians per second relate easily to the figures for gun tracking speed, which are also in radians per second. You can find a brief explanation of the differences between angular and transversal velocity [[Overview Guide#The Columns Tab|here]] within our overview guide.

===Speeding Up or Slowing Tracking===

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 The speed at which a target moves across a turret's field of view doesn't depend only on the target's real velocity. The direction the target's moving in relative to the ship firing at it matters too: a ship that burns straight towards you could be quite easy to hit, regardless of its speed, because it's not moving very fast across your turrets' point-of-view. Range also affects angular velocity: a target orbiting you at 400m/s at a range of 7,000m has a much higher angular velocity than a target orbiting you at 400m/s at a range of 30km.
-Note that the actual [[Turret Damage|mathematics of tracking]] are more involved than the basic summary here. Angular velocity itself depends on transversal velocity, but it's easier to think about angular velocity since measurements of it in radians per second relate easily to the figures for gun tracking speed, which are also in radians per second. You can find a brief explanation of the differences between angular and tranversal velocity [[Overview Guide#The Columns Tab|here]] within our overview guide.
+Note that the actual [[Turret Damage|mathematics of tracking]] are more involved than the basic summary here. Angular velocity itself depends on transversal velocity, but it's easier to think about angular velocity since measurements of it in radians per second relate easily to the figures for gun tracking speed, which are also in radians per second. You can find a brief explanation of the differences between angular and transversal velocity [[Overview Guide#The Columns Tab|here]] within our overview guide.
 ===Speeding Up or Slowing Tracking===