Ships & Modules

Probably a noob question, but looking for confirmation.

When calculating max missile flight distance is it really a simple case of going to ship info, pulling up the attributes page for the missiles you have installed and then multiplying max flight time x max velocity ?

when I check the attributes of the cruise tech II missiles I have the max flight time is 27 secs and velocity is 8437.50 m/s

so I calculate that to be 27 secs x 8.435km = 227km range ?

surely that a ridiculously long range to be able to launch a 6 shot alpha salvo from ?

yeah all my missile support skills are at 5

Love having the super reach of missiles but they are mighty boring, can you get the same sort of range with turrets or are they all in your face range so the trade off is you get to melt stuff fast but due to the range you are left open for a gangbang by smaller faster ships ?

Not quite. http://community.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1309024 -> TRUE Missile Range


You lose some range because it takes time for the missile to accelerate up to full speed. A rule of thumb is 90% of speed * flight time. You can get the agility from the Eve wiki, e.g. http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Scourge_Heavy_Missile Additionally, generally speaking, using two velocity rigs provides a tiny bit less range than a velocity rig + flight time rig.

The pyfa fitting tool computes the "true" missile range.

Missiles also get modules to increase their range.

have to factor in some things....


to use that range you will need sebo, lots of it. 2 of em iirc. Range scripted.

This kills your tank. This kills your lock times. And if you are that far out anf get jumped in a flanking move....your ass is hung out to dry as even fast support will not be able to save you even if they cared enough to.

eft/pyfa lies to you (well they give you magical all things perfect numbers to be accurate). Unless sitting still and in optimals of tp (actually 2) your alpha is not so great. Many many months of raven ratting. Its cheap and effective but far from uber (unless shooting a structure) . Flare/rigor helps. PVP if you fleet does not laugh you off the field....you won't be running 3 rigor/flare I's though. If you do sneak this in and it shows up as a loss mail on a kb, may god have mercy on your soul as your corp mates and corp leadership will not lol.

For pve purposes...you want to get closer. Ideally on missile boats I engage rats under tp optimal (if tp fit). At 245km's,,,,,you are in for a world of hurt (long drawn out kills). Cut the that in half, you cut missile travel time in half. faster kills. take that 120ish and cut it to 60ish km's and you get even better time savings. And being close or under tp optimals means you get better paint sig effect. More damage.


Like raven....like it for pve. Pvp and fleets = rokh. Don't let that eft green grass fool you. I was a raven to rokh convert on the combat char. Worth the pita it is.

And implants.

Cruise missiles are long range.

The difference between no range skillz, and both range skillz maxed to 5, is 125%. So 227 km sounds about right.

I think you mean, 27 seconds to move 1km further away from the point you shot the missiles from. If you can keep the distance between you and enemy @ 227, then you will never be hit, as you move away from the missile origin point as your attacker tries to close the distance.