EVE New Citizens Q&A

This part is pretty simple I think… INSIDE of your gun’s Optimal Range you do near to full DPS
Beyond your optimal and Inside Of Your Gun's Fall Off you do about 1/2 of your normal DPS


So if you're sitting there looking at how awesome your ship is in EFT, dealing 700 DPS inside of your optimal of only 2,500 meters… look at your fall off and cut that number in half (to about 350 DPS)

Missiles factor in damage a bit differently then guns do… Speed x Velocity = your missiles range, but when they hit their target your missiles will land for less damage if said target is small and fast.




The smaller the target is…
And the Faster the target is going…

The less Damage your missiles will do. Mkay?

Without Tracking EVE would kind of suck… Tracking adds an added dimension to the game because it gives us the option to literally “fly” our ships in space while we are fighting. There is allot of freakin math behind this but lets just skip all that shall we and try and understand this like a real living human being \0/



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Imagine a race car driving around a perfectly circular racetrack…
Now imagine that you’re standing in the middle that circular track…



You watch as the race car slowly spins around you. The bigger the track the slower the race car will “appear” to be spinning around you, right? Like wise, if the tack is smaller that same race car would look like it was zipping past your head at a much faster rate of speed.



So Big Track… Car looks like its spinning slow
Small Track… Car looks like its spinning fast? Right?

If your in a small ship (like a frigate or an interceptor) and your going REALLY fast, you can zip around with enough speed so large guns can't hit you no matter what your distance is. Obviously being really tiny and really fast is key here...

Unless your flying Amarr ships that get ridiculously awesome optimal gun range, your guns have a much larger falloff then they do optimal. So unless you're getting up close and personal with them (in the first few seconds) you are hitting them inside of your falloff, doing about 1 / 2 of your normal damage...and then we also have to account for the travel time of your drones (which are also not instantaneous damage)

Getting to your optimal requires burning to your target…
Which takes time right?

They also Fly To The Target Faster Then Your Ship Can Fly There …and when they hit they have no “fall off” range where their DPS drops to 1/2. So your DPS may be delayed, but by the same token your landing your missiles faster then The Gun Ships Can Burn To Their Optimal Range & Land Their Full DPS. See?


So I shall leave you with this little bit of EVE wisdom…everything tends to balance out in the end. Missile launching Drakes and Torpedo launching Typhoons can stand toe to toe with the best of them. They bang out similar DPS to their gun ship counterparts and they have exceptional weapons range (the typhoon can deal all damage types as well which is another strong plus in it’s favor)