Question about Calling All Devs - The Economy of Spaceships

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Sounds like he said "arc" range, as I understand it energy weapons don't shoot in straight lines but arc because of sideways movement of the ship, I won't pretend I know wth I am talking about I just remember reading it somewhere other people smarter than me can confirm or clarify better lol.
 

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So, in my understanding, ist like an electric arc, flashover, something like this. But why can't Jake put this into numbers? I'm still lost in understanding the issue.
 
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I wont pretend to have a clue other than different weapons + speed + movement = hard to calculate?? I don't know lol
 
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Phil

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I thought he was talking about the firing arcs like for turrets and gimbals.
Ya I also thought about that, I wasn't quite sure but I wouldn't think those arcs would be that hard to calculate so I went the other route.
 
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@Black Sunder Its both, I guess: in order to understand of what range Jake is speaking its essential to understand what he means by "arc range of different guns", I think.
 
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@Stevetank I don't know the word - could you explain pls...?
Firing arcs, the degrees of rotation that a gun has.

Fixed guns have a 0-3° firing arc.

Gimballed have a 0-15° firing arc.

Turrets can have a 0-360° firing arc.

Some ships have these arcs blocked by the ship hull, so they end up having less of an arc.

This is my educated guess
 

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The firing arc of a weapon is the area that in can cover.
The FOV (field of view) of a weapon, if you will.

 
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