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Maximum Targeting Range
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Tarn Kugisa
Kugisa Dynamics
#1 - 2012-05-19 18:23:53 UTC
Some ships, like the Rokh and Raven, can lob DPS past 249KM, but you can't target that far. Is there any reason why that is the max targeting range?

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James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2012-05-19 19:02:38 UTC
I'm sure the reason is technical. I can't think of any game breaking reason for not allowing targeting past 249 km.

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mxzf
Shovel Bros
#3 - 2012-05-19 19:19:02 UTC
Legacy code is the main reason I believe. It's a hard limit that's in place which is rarely an issue and changing it would likely be a ton of trouble.
Tarn Kugisa
Kugisa Dynamics
#4 - 2012-05-20 02:46:20 UTC
mxzf wrote:
Legacy code is the main reason I believe. It's a hard limit that's in place which is rarely an issue and changing it would likely be a ton of trouble.


It'd be nice if they changed it to the size of the grid, cause then my Sniper Raven would be Viable

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Im Super Gay
Investtan Inc.
The Republic.
#5 - 2012-05-20 03:19:23 UTC
Tarn Kugisa wrote:
mxzf wrote:
Legacy code is the main reason I believe. It's a hard limit that's in place which is rarely an issue and changing it would likely be a ton of trouble.


It'd be nice if they changed it to the size of the grid, cause then my Sniper Raven would be Viable

Well except for that delayed damage thing...
Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
#6 - 2012-05-20 13:40:27 UTC
I distinctly remember some guy with pics to prove he started firing on a sentry tower, warped to a gate (while firing), landing on said gate (while firing) and then continued firing from gate several au away. "249km Locking range hard cap" my ass!

"Tomahawks?"

"----in' A, right?"

"Trouble is, those things cost like a million and a half each."

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James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2012-05-21 03:46:50 UTC
Sobaan Tali wrote:
I distinctly remember some guy with pics to prove he started firing on a sentry tower, warped to a gate (while firing), landing on said gate (while firing) and then continued firing from gate several au away. "249km Locking range hard cap" my ass!

That's the result of a desynch between client and server. I have a picture I took from the Singularity server with an Apocalypse firing on me from several thousand km away.

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Aqriue
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-05-21 04:28:42 UTC
249km hard cap
Rohk having long optimal beyond 249
Meaning you are always in Optimal out to 249

so...nothing needs to change except for the issue between the chair and the keyboard to accept the limits imposed then work with them.
Spugg Galdon
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2012-05-21 08:45:46 UTC
The 249km lock range isn't an issue. The 150km minimum warp to range is. This needs to be extended to either 250 or 300km