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Why do Ship's guns look so tiny?

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Nano Spartan
US Space Force
Black Rose.
#1 - 2014-09-13 06:23:07 UTC
I see a frigate and zoom in and see oh there's the guns, on a battleship they look like peashooters.
Does anyone else think so? If so wonder why that is when you consider they really are massive?
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#2 - 2014-09-13 06:25:52 UTC
Same reason guns look tiny on todays warships.
Ria Nieyli
Nieyli Enterprises
When Fleets Collide
#3 - 2014-09-13 06:30:52 UTC
Try adjusting the resolution till they look bigger.
Paranoid Loyd
#4 - 2014-09-13 06:31:08 UTC
Heh, I'll bet you drive a lifted truck. Lol

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Slymah
DorpCorp
#5 - 2014-09-13 06:36:57 UTC
Paranoid Loyd wrote:
Heh, I'll bet you drive a lifted truck. Lol



Hmm.. I drive a lifted old truck and have thought the same a time or two. You may be onto something.
Yang Aurilen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#6 - 2014-09-13 06:41:22 UTC
Nano Spartan wrote:
I see a frigate and zoom in and see oh there's the guns, on a battleship they look like peashooters.
Does anyone else think so? If so wonder why that is when you consider they really are massive?


Are you compensating for something? Or does it remind you of something?Cool

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RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#7 - 2014-09-13 07:05:33 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Same reason guns look tiny on todays warships.


I miss the relevancy of battleships.

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stationmonkey
Synthetic Arbitration
#8 - 2014-09-13 07:48:26 UTC
Nano Spartan wrote:
I see a frigate and zoom in and see oh there's the guns, on a battleship they look like peashooters.
Does anyone else think so? If so wonder why that is when you consider they really are massive?



For the record, Frigate guns are bigger than an average size man. They look tiny because your seeing them in perspective to a fairly large vessel. 2+2 does indeed equal 4
Benny Ohu
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2014-09-13 08:24:52 UTC
RubyPorto wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
Same reason guns look tiny on todays warships.


I miss the relevancy of battleships.

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Erika Tsurpalen
Rattini Tribe
Minmatar Fleet Alliance
#10 - 2014-09-13 08:57:54 UTC
Buy a tier 3 battlecruiser,
Problem solved.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#11 - 2014-09-13 09:06:46 UTC
RubyPorto wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
Same reason guns look tiny on todays warships.

I miss the relevancy of battleships.

I agree. We need to deplete the atmosphere so missiles and planes can't fly around so easily, and ballistic projectiles fly farther.

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Sara Tosa
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#12 - 2014-09-13 09:42:38 UTC
Tippia wrote:
RubyPorto wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
Same reason guns look tiny on todays warships.

I miss the relevancy of battleships.

I agree. We need to deplete the atmosphere so missiles and planes can't fly around so easily, and ballistic projectiles fly farther.

Where are the Spaceballs when you need them?

we just need lazors and railguns.
if the (rl) plans about laser point and middle-range defense go as they want nothing will survive above the horizon without a thick armor (and no vulnerable sensors) enough to whithstand a laser strike, so forget about airplanes and missiles.
a railgun payload tho is fast and "dumb" enough that a laser can do little to stop it, so we would be again all about the ship with the armor thick enough to whitstand these guns and big enough to bring more guns thath the other guy on range.
Tosawa Komarui
State War Academy
Caldari State
#13 - 2014-09-13 10:02:02 UTC
Nano Spartan wrote:
I see a frigate and zoom in and see oh there's the guns, on a battleship they look like peashooters.
Does anyone else think so? If so wonder why that is when you consider they really are massive?



i think so too, personally i dont think its any reason listed here but instead just laziness, its easier to make sure ship guns dont clip on varied hulls when they are super small
Martin Corwin
Doomheim
#14 - 2014-09-13 11:04:45 UTC
Yang Aurilen wrote:
Nano Spartan wrote:
I see a frigate and zoom in and see oh there's the guns, on a battleship they look like peashooters.
Does anyone else think so? If so wonder why that is when you consider they really are massive?
Are you compensating for something? Or does it remind you of something?Cool
I bet he doesn't use cruise missiles.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#15 - 2014-09-13 11:07:02 UTC
Because they have to fire in a pretty huge arc.

Gimbal mountings take up a pretty damned big amount of space. Hence the whole "tracking" mechanic, after all.

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Valkin Mordirc
#16 - 2014-09-13 11:41:51 UTC
Well, I would suppose Railguns and Blasters do not need to be giant to be effective, they use kinetic force to do damage.


Like, as such, A rail gun could fire a 9mm round at such intensive velocity, the force it would apply on to a target would be that of a 30mm Shell. The fact that the round is fired from space would make even more likely to downgrade your weapon size and increase velocity because there is nothing in space to slow the round down beside what it's aiming at.



On the note of Railguns, The US NAVY apparently has a real working rail gun in testing right now.
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Vyl Vit
#17 - 2014-09-13 11:56:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Vyl Vit
I got this one. The guns look tiny 'cause the ships are so BIG!
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Valkin Mordirc wrote:
On the note of Railguns, The US NAVY apparently has a real working rail gun in testing right now.

Rail guns in real life. Yes, of course, CCP didn't originate this idea. Rail guns in real life have some pretty drastic problems, not the least of which, the magnitude of force involved with firing one literally tears the gun apart after just a few uses. Again, there's also the input (how much energy to create the blast) output (how much blast damage results) ratio. Cost effectiveness relies heavily upon this, and for rail guns, it's just not there. STILL, it so deliciously seems you're replacing ammo, it's hard to resist trying.

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Jandice Ymladris
Aurora Arcology
#18 - 2014-09-13 12:16:36 UTC
Vyl Vit wrote:
I got this one. The guns look tiny 'cause the ships are so BIG!
(Don't applaud. Just throw money.)

Valkin Mordirc wrote:
On the note of Railguns, The US NAVY apparently has a real working rail gun in testing right now.

Rail guns in real life. Yes, of course, CCP didn't originate this idea. Rail guns in real life have some pretty drastic problems, not the least of which, the magnitude of force involved with firing one literally tears the gun apart after just a few uses. Again, there's also the input (how much energy to create the blast) output (how much blast damage results) ratio. Cost effectiveness relies heavily upon this, and for rail guns, it's just not there. STILL, it so deliciously seems you're replacing ammo, it's hard to resist trying.


The Navy/military is forgetting one great salespitch they can use for the Railgun:

'Developing Railgun Technology, for a better, cleaner war! The absence of explosives & fuel will make way for enviromental friendly war! The Military doing its part for an ecological friendly Future!'

On a serious note, Eve frigates are the size of big airplanes. Putting 2 meter long cannons on it that operate along with shielding, lifesupport & a variety of other systems is pretty impressive.
While 2 meter long cannons sound big, compared to a boeing sized aircraft they're not (and still deliver a good punch)

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Sara Tosa
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#19 - 2014-09-13 12:28:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Sara Tosa
Jandice Ymladris wrote:

On a serious note, Eve frigates are the size of big airplanes. Putting 2 meter long cannons on it that operate along with shielding, lifesupport & a variety of other systems is pretty impressive.
While 2 meter long cannons sound big, compared to a boeing sized aircraft they're not (and still deliver a good punch)

not big at all, for eg. a g.e. gau-8/a avenger is way bigger than 2 meters (over 6 meters the whole system, 2.30 mt just the barrels) and fit on a smallish plane like the a10 warthog.
ok, the a10 warthog is a gau 8a avenger with wings and oversized engines stuck on, tho is still a plane...
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#20 - 2014-09-13 12:34:29 UTC
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