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That would be an absolute waste of time. They're the worst tracking turret because they give the best tradeoff between optimal range and damage. Simply put they have the best damage projection of any turret.

Because Small Pulse does better Deeps than Small Arty and Scorch has just as good or better range.

I have both T2 systems. With projects you have your damage in falloff mainly, low alpha, ammo cost (Can get expensive!) and 10 second reload time.

The plus sides is that it's high dps, decent range (but again, fall off) decent RoF, decent tracking and a nice selection of ammo types.

Lasers (Pulse) are mid range, better alpha but less selectable damage, slower RoF, still decent DPS though, instant reload, and good range working in opitmal while not as good tracking. Being able to instantly swap from conflag to scorch and visa versa is a lot better than swapping from barrage to hail and visa versa.

Projectiles are very decent, but so are lasers, both have their ups and downs, that's what I call balance. You'd be hard pressed to have an exact balance unless you'd make them identical, then there wouldn't be any point in them except for looks, and kind of defeats the point.

It's not as if you can't train both either.

tbh the issue here is that people are comparing LR guns with SR guns here.


let's put this in a simpler way:

lasers track better on the LR bracket, while they track the worse on the SR bracket.
this is because LR lasers have the shortest maximum operability range and have the longest peak operability range on SR.

sure you can touch stuff with AC's the same way as you can do with pulses, but a 200mm AC will never outdamage a pulse at its (pulse) optimal because of falloff mechanics.



long story short: SR lasers are actually MR, and they are balanced around that. scorch just over-emphasises this to a point that people might think it's overpowered.

Good luck.
Pretty much all medium long-range turrets are awful, with some niche appeal for dedicated sniping ships (Zealot, Muninn, Eaglol…).

You can squeeze some alpha out of the 720s with a 'cane, but meh…

I"m working on Motion Prediction V now and was wondering, what is a good number for tracking speed to aim for?

It really depends on what you are flying. I mostly fly frigates and I've found at close range 0.37-0.40 to be the minimum. At Scorch ranges hit quality starts dropping at less than 0.2.


It really does depend, on your ship and flying style. Other pilots may say something different. Put the 'angular velocity' column in your overview and resize it to 2 decimal places. Get your combat log up and try your guns out on some belt rats or a mate. It's worth experimenting with.


Example. A Tracing Enhancer makes more of a difference than a Heat Sink on a Punisher shooting Gatling Pulses in a brawl. (I've found)

I was being a precocious douche and atempting to be cute. I suppose that didn't come across well. I'll try harder next time.