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Target Painters and BCs+

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Berluth Luthian
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-11-10 04:20:38 UTC
Do target painters really have significant effect against things larger than cruisers? Pretty simple question. It seems like most of their sig radii are big enough that TPs really lose their value.
IHaveCandyGetInTheVan69
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#2 - 2012-11-10 09:37:03 UTC
Berluth Luthian wrote:
Do target painters really have significant effect against things larger than cruisers? Pretty simple question. It seems like most of their sig radii are big enough that TPs really lose their value.



Depends what you are shooting them with.
ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#3 - 2012-11-11 20:58:02 UTC
Berluth Luthian wrote:
Do target painters really have significant effect against things larger than cruisers? Pretty simple question. It seems like most of their sig radii are big enough that TPs really lose their value.

A battleship may miss a bunch of shots against a Hurricane, but it will quite reliably hit a Drake. A TP'ed Hurricane will have a significantly higher signature radius than a Drake. Ergo, it follows that target painting a Hurricane is very useful if you're shooting it with a battleship.

Same thing goes with battleships and shooting them with Rage torpedos, or slow-tracking guns.

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Dracan02
I N E X T R E M I S
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#4 - 2012-11-13 01:55:57 UTC
TP's help missiles the most but also help out snipers as well, tho if they are shield tanks (buffer) TP's are not going to make that much difference because there sig is already blown out my mods (extenders) and rigs (any shield rig). Also anything running a MWD will have a huge sig.
TPs really shine against armor tanks and active tanks who's Sig is not a big as it could be when you want to melt off there face with torps.