Out of Pod Experience

There's a reason that there is different kinds of hits : glancing, wrecking, missed and scratching.
Even if it's totally RNG.

P.S.: EVE online is not a simulator by any remotely kind of means

First and foremost, almost nothing in a PC game will have real world physics. This is done for balance issues, not because the devs dont understand how real life physics work.

Example. A ship in eve going 1KM/sec is only going 2236 MPH or mach 3. For a civilization that is not only capable of space travel but FTL travel you would think they could reach sublight speeds better than what earth achieved in 1952 especially considering they were descendants of earth.

Example #2: Explosion velocity of missiles. Explosion velocity of rockets are a mere 150 m/s . Explosion velocity of most common explosives exceeds 5000 m/s about 36 times faster. But slowing missiles explosion rates was a way to balance them. Technically, no ship in game could outrun the explosion velocity of even the most basic explosives. Also missiles should be way more powerful than guns because you can fit much larger warheads on them. If they used real world physics, missiles would out dps everything by a large margin and the game would be boring.

Also, you dont have a 100% chance even in optimal. Chance to hit is largely based on ability to track the target. Optimal and falloff mostly control the effectiveness of the hit. Projectile weapons have excellent tracking but are very short range. Also again we are thousands of years in the future. It would only be logical to assume that they have advanced tracking computers. They could just make us miss more and faster cycle( so same dps) but really that would only be for cosmetic affects. Also they are tracking large targets. A frigate has a sig radius of around 40 m. Thats 120 feet. Its like tracking a 747 moving at mach 1-6 at distances of 1 KM plus. Its not that difficult to track.

As a last note, you should familiarize yourself with the aegis combat system on aegis class destroyers( thats real life not in game). It has excellent tracking of fast moving smallish targets. Imagine a couple of thousand of years of improvements on that system.

What absolute poppycock. Why is your background important, as it has no bearing on EVE (unless you are a space Captain)?


I am an astronaut, currently en route to Mars on a top secret mission, so therefore CCP should change the 'space submarines simulator' aspect of the game, as that is arguably far more unrealistic than the accuracy formula which you mention.

I can provide pictures of deep space should you need photographic evidence.


8/10 for actually getting me to waste several dozen characters

I love how people seem to be taking this guy seriously...

The line between an idiot who think he is right and a creative troll is really thin. Some bait have to be taken just in case...

So army personnel are the new vegans?

This might be a troll, but we have all seen those posts where the person starts by telling everyone they are in the army. Just something I've found funny over the years of interacting with the EvE community.

If there is a bird colonel in the US Arny that makes threads like this then thank God for the Marines.

Full bird to two stars? Man what you do to skip a rank and still have time to play video games?

Also... Its a video game not a flight sim so.

Hold the press!
You mean our Imortal Internet knifefighting space submarine pilot agressivly filing spreadsheet game dose not reflect irl in some way!?

We must get to the bottom of this immediatly!.

Well, that's great. Leadership is in good hands. He's slam dunked on his original post, so he erases it, changes the subject line and accuses everyone of being rude for being truthful.

It's more rude to present yourself as an authority, then try to slip bovine scatology by as though it's fact, than it is to react to that attempt in an outraged and inflamed fashion. Frankly, my response to the O-OP was quite measured and polite considering the questionable character of the poster obviated by his/her own words.

Nice try. No cigar. Fortunately the original post remains in the form of QUOTE.

TYVM. Have a nice day!