multiple weapons?

[eagleowl]

I was just wondering if there would be any benefit in designing a ship with more than 1 weapon,i.e. would it increase the probability of a hit?

[Chronos]

It increases the total attack power.

If you have two weapons at 500,000 ATK, then the ship will have ~1,000,000 ATK. The accuracy averages out, or something.

The actual attack value is a little less than that. What I heard, years ago, was that the combined attack power is multiplied by 0.99ⁿ, n being the number of weapons.

[jessiedog]

yep but the accuracy is a tad more confusing. it averages out between the number of weapons, not the runs.

1X weapon 1 - having 10% accuracy
10X weapon 2- having 2% accuracy

final accuracy = 6%

2 weapons each with 500.000 atk would mean the ship has 980100 atk, the equation that chronos gave is right

[Chronos]

yep but the accuracy is a tad more confusing. it averages out between the number of weapons, not the runs.

1X weapon 1 - having 10% accuracy
10X weapon 2- having 2% accuracy

final accuracy = 6%

, odd indeed.

[eagleowl]

What I was thinking was if you have a weapon with 50% accuracy,you have a 1 in 2 chance of a hit.
So,if you have TWO weapons with the same attack,BOTH with 50% accuracy,you're pretty much guaranteed that at least ONE will hit.

[jessiedog]

nah thats not how it works. accuracy here simply means how much of the attack goes through.

think of it as each atk point u have as being one small gun.

if u have 1 million small guns each with 1 atk point and 50% accuracy, half of them will hit their target, so u will deal 500.000 damage

[Chronos]

What I was thinking was if you have a weapon with 50% accuracy,you have a 1 in 2 chance of a hit.
So,if you have TWO weapons with the same attack,BOTH with 50% accuracy,you're pretty much guaranteed that at least ONE will hit.

Even with that logic, you'd only have a 75% chance of hitting with at least one. This is because the chance of one missing is 50%, and thus the chance of two missing is 50%² = 25%. The chance of not two missing is 100% - 25% = 75%.