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Now let's look a little closer at the equation itself, there is something to be learned from that. | Now let's look a little closer at the equation itself, there is something to be learned from that. | ||
To paraphrase Oli Geist, this equation can be abstracted to | To paraphrase Oli Geist, this equation can be abstracted to<br/> | ||
<math>\pagecolor{Black}\color{White}\text{Chance to Hit} = 0.5^{\text{tracking term} + \text{range term}}</math> | <math>\pagecolor{Black}\color{White}\text{Chance to Hit} = 0.5^{\text{tracking term} + \text{range term}}</math><br/> | ||
Math students may recognize that something of the form ''x''<sup>(''a''+''b'')</sup> is identical to ''x<sup>a</sup>x<sup>b</sup>'', so we can rewrite the above as | Math students may recognize that something of the form ''x''<sup>(''a''+''b'')</sup> is identical to ''x<sup>a</sup>x<sup>b</sup>'', so we can rewrite the above as<br/> | ||
<math>\pagecolor{Black}\color{White}\text{Chance to Hit} = 0.5^{\text{tracking term}} \cdot 0.5^{\text{range term}}</math> | <math>\pagecolor{Black}\color{White}\text{Chance to Hit} = 0.5^{\text{tracking term}} \cdot 0.5^{\text{range term}}</math><br/> | ||
Why is this interesting? From this we can see that tracking and range are actually calculated separately, then the results from each are multiplied. This shows that Range and Tracking are indeed two different and independent things, and both will be used to score a hit. | Why is this interesting? From this we can see that tracking and range are actually calculated separately, then the results from each are multiplied. This shows that Range and Tracking are indeed two different and independent things, and both will be used to score a hit. | ||