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POS not shooting back to agression from hostile
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Voidini
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-10-13 11:37:42 UTC
Now a new porblem...

I have 6 small beam lasors with standard m crystals, 2 of each racial jammer web and disruptor.

I warp to the pos cause its under attack by 2 sniper cerb, as i land they are 240km from me at the pos center, and they both cloaks? wtf? how can they cloak? shouldnt my pos have them targeted? shouldnt the beams which have the range of 270km with standards and pos 50% range bonus be forcing them off the field? how can they harass my pos at that range and my guns dont shoot back?

When i assumed control of the guns as they decloaked i locked them and shot them easily. why isnt the pos automticly doing this?

The settings on the POS defences are

* Use alliance standings
* Attacking if standings below 0.1

he is hostile, he is shooting, and he IS in range of the tower and the GUNS, Why is it not returning fire........?

ima so confused...?
Lord Battlestar
CALIMA COLLABORATIVE
Atrox Urbanis Respublique Abundatia
#2 - 2012-10-13 11:54:51 UTC  |  Edited by: Lord Battlestar
1. POSs don't target instantly, it can take a significant time for them to target a smaller ship, sometimes over 20 seconds or more for smaller ships.

2. Each individual gun/array targets a ship, the POS itself targets nothing, I have seen POSs spreading their guns around a fleet and not doing anything to any of them because each module targets something. Plus POSs are not very good at defending themselves to aggression without human help.

3. at 240km they are out of range of most modules, and since POSs aren't very good at defending themselves, sometimes it can take minutes before they shoot, if at all. Most modules are limited to 150km. Guns should shoot farther but it depends on the method of control.

4. once they cloak they cannot be targeted anyhow, so if the POS failed to achieve a lock or was in the process before they cloaked then the lock fails and they can cloak.

I once podded myself by blowing a huge fart.
Matarella
Incognito Mode
Brotherhood of Spacers
#3 - 2012-10-13 13:22:50 UTC
guns can potentially shoot out to 300KM but the auto lock system is limited to 150-200 KM if I can remember right.

Train POS gunnery and supprise them that they suddenly get instapopped in their cerbs. cerbs being able to shoot at 240 KM wont realy have a tank to complement it.