I agree, nerf sniper tracking bullshit.

"An SD doesn't have the option to face the opponent at all times, a berserker would be unable to get all the lasers to track enough to hit the same point, etc..."


Hober, if you would be so kind, the stats for Leopard scratch please! I hAve shown you videos of me putting three of those on a target with few problems, what is their tracking? Single digets?

You're pretty dumb sometimes... how does any of your point contradict that the nerf he wants would affect every class except the one he is trying to hit? Or do you just try to disagree with me based on principle?

Edited: because my original post was kind of mean...

Why does the OP want to turn the sapper into a t21 omega beam?

He doesn't like that it can be used from such a high range to build analysis or kill players, then if the sapper doesn't kill the player they can just fly in with a higher DPS weapon and kill them with sapper charged analysis. His complaint is valid but the tracking nerf doesn't accomplish his goal as a sniper with 0 tracking bonuses (including class skills, Augs, and mods) still has a firing arc 697 distance wide from 10k away. When you factor in class skills, tracking mods, Aug bonuses, or ship bonuses that arc will quickly grow to the point that a sniper will see no functional difference.

Edit; just with class skills that arc goes to 1116 distance wide. If they also get grooved bore, that arc is nearly 1300 wide. All before Augs, mods, hull bonuses, etc...

Edit again; if they use a Hantr Psu in their setup, that sniper now has a firing arc 2k wide.

And another edit; any t20 or higher scoped mod on their ship is going to up their arc by about another 160 distance for each mod. Hopefully everyone understands now why a tracking nerf makes no sense if the weapon is hit-scan and being used from 10k or more distance away.

This is all assuming that all tracking bonuses stack additively onto the base tracking. If there is any multiplicative stacking at all anywhere in the equation that arc could easily be double that size or even larger. And this is all assuming 4° (or 2° on each side because SS is fucking weird) of tracking for the weapon. If you make it 1 ° in either direction, then assuming purely additive stacking, it's still easy as fuck to get that arc to be 1500 wide.

Then remove the tracking altogther

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That would make them fully useless...

Maybe that's his grand plan so that snipers/seers/SDs can't kill him in pvp.

- Chrono

No, the weapon would be pretty usefull, id still use it
I know removing the tracking sounds silly, but there is no counterplay from being attacked from 16k away, if you try to get away from it, the sniper just pwi in closer.
Removing the tracking sounds like the only way to make it so the sniper has to stay active to hit you, becouse atm, youre either stealthy or dead

No, 16k ares sappers is very possible, and it is very murderous in pvb cenarios.
There is no reason to warp out otherwise you dont know whats happening inside your gal