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Weapon's Range Question

phillips30phillips30 Member Posts: 15 Arc User
I found some old articles on weapon's ranges and how the damage drops off with distance, especially with cannons. All of the articles I have seen are about 5 years old though, so I was wondering if these are still true since the game has changed so much. Thanks.

https://theenginescannaetakeit.wordpress.com/articles-3/weapon-ranges/
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  • xparr15xparr15 Member Posts: 283 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    The range thing is true. Cannons do get it worse than beams. I know that's true.

    Those specific numbers for how much percent you lose look accurate enough to me but I wouldn't bet my life on it.
  • baelogventurebaelogventure Member Posts: 1,002 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    If you're using cannons, you want to be as close as possible to the target.

    Beams are more forgiving on range.
  • szerontzurszerontzur Member Posts: 2,724 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    It still applies; it gets really bad for cannons after about 5km and around 7-8km for beams.

    Ideally, you still want to be as close as possible for all energy weapons though.
  • erei1erei1 Member Posts: 4,081 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    It should still be accurate.
    Basic rule I've learned a long time ago, and the graph pretty much say the same : be at 3km or less of the target. At 5km and above, your cannons are TRIBBLE. And you'd better play beams.

    OFC, that was a long time ago, when beams were barely average, and DHC were the master of DPS.

    Now, no matter the range, you'd better play beams. No seriously, they rules.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • praxi5praxi5 Member Posts: 1,562 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    This is one of the reasons that Beams are far superior to Cannons (especially now).
  • phillips30phillips30 Member Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Okay, thanks! Just wanted to make sure that was still the case.
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