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[ecued]

anybody else having a problem with weapons not shooting to their reticule? ive noticed this happen on several occassions, 200-300 meters out, was shooting at a jenner in my victor, 3 meds in left arm. the beams looked like they missed my targeting reticule by about 15 feet, not even close.

whats up with that?

lol

Edited by ecued, 28 January 2014 - 02:33 PM.

[TercieI]

(No offense intended)

Were you looking at the torso reticle (box)? The VTRs lasers are in its arms (exc: Dragon Slayer), which is the small circle.

[Wintersdark]

Also, do you understand how convergence works? Your weapons will angle in at whatever is directly under the reticule when you fire. However, if due to lag or sketchy timing, whatever was under your crosshairs moves, they'll reconverge instantly on whatever is now in front of your crosshairs.

This sort of effect can make skinny, speeding lights (spider) literally impossible to hit in certain circumstances - when you need to lead them, and they're moving rapidly perpendicular to you. This is because the moment your reticule moves off the target in front of it, your arms reconverge to meet at the terrain (potentially kilometers away) behind the mech. This angles your arms out, essentially having your left arm lead the target more and your right arm lead the target less.

Also, lets say you're aiming at a Jenner's legs. You're tracking a leg, but just as you hit the fire button your reticule strays into the space between it's legs. Instead of angling in to hit a pinpoint spot on the jenner, suddenly your weapons refocus on the terrain 600m past the jenner and fire much wider.

[Steel Claws]

This is because they are arm mounted weapons in a Victor. Despite all the blathering about "pinpoint damage" there are some mechs that convergence has never worked right with - usually with arm mounted weapons.
I would however guess that you weren't quite on target because lasers almost always converge.

Edited by Steel Claws, 29 January 2014 - 08:45 PM.