If you click on the circle next to your turrets you can group your weapons, and rails dont track very well when enemies are on your ship. You gotta pull away and get the angular velocity down. In your overview, right click on the tabs and select “columns”, you can select transversal and angular velocity to be displayed. With long range turrets, your angular is most helpful. The closer that is to zero, the better the odds of your weapons landing shots, and landing shots hard. To reduce this, you want to match the movement pattern of your target, so “keep at range” is the option you want to go for. The goal is to move “side by side” so to speak, the same direction with as minimal deviation as possible, which is why using rails, artillery or beams are best use at tremendous range, so that angular is at its lowest possible and your guns dont need to “follow” targets that attempt an orbit. You can see this in effect around 14 minutes: your last target is virtually behind you, the line of shooting is nearly direct, and you land shots.
If you click on the circle next to your turrets you can group your weapons, and rails dont track very well when enemies are on your ship. You gotta pull away and get the angular velocity down.
In your overview, right click on the tabs and select “columns”, you can select transversal and angular velocity to be displayed.
With long range turrets, your angular is most helpful.
The closer that is to zero, the better the odds of your weapons landing shots, and landing shots hard.
To reduce this, you want to match the movement pattern of your target, so “keep at range” is the option you want to go for.
The goal is to move “side by side” so to speak, the same direction with as minimal deviation as possible, which is why using rails, artillery or beams are best use at tremendous range, so that angular is at its lowest possible and your guns dont need to “follow” targets that attempt an orbit.
You can see this in effect around 14 minutes: your last target is virtually behind you, the line of shooting is nearly direct, and you land shots.