How local is "local engagement range"?

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Well the title is pretty self-explainatory. When you set the engagement range to local area, what does that mean in practice?

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

In practice, anything that is within weapons range will be attacked and then followed if it moves out of range. If by following something and destroying it, a new thing comes in range to attack then that will be attacked as well. Once there is nothing in immediate weapons range, it will return to the original position. So you can see, "Local" is subjective. LRM will have a wider local range than HC or LF.

The difference between this and hold position is that anything that moves out of range will not be followed if you are set to hold position but they will attack anything in range.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

I belive your description is incorrect.

Unfortunatly, I lack the knowlege to give a correct answer at this time.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

From experience i would say

local is about half of the gravity well which means if u have your ships at the edge they will attack when enemy ships pass about planet marker.

Hold position your ships attacks when enemy ships come into weapon range but your ships don't move.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting gamerlamb, reply 1
In practice, anything that is within weapons range will be attacked and then followed if it moves out of range. If by following something and destroying it, a new thing comes in range to attack then that will be attacked as well. Once there is nothing in immediate weapons range, it will return to the original position. So you can see, "Local" is subjective. LRM will have a wider local range than HC or LF.

The difference between this and hold position is that anything that moves out of range will not be followed if you are set to hold position but they will attack anything in range.

 

Thanks for your answer, but I just tried it with an LRM and it attacked befor the enemy got withins its weapon range. I think its more linked to a specific distance, say 3-4 squares.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Greg30007, reply 3
From experience i would say

local is about half of the gravity well which means if u have your ships at the edge they will attack when enemy ships pass about planet marker.

Hold position your ships attacks when enemy ships come into weapon range but your ships don't move.

 

I think, as I wrote above, that the range is less than half of the gravity well.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

I personally thought it was about 1/4 of the gravity well, but from what I've seen with mods that have much larger planet sizes its a set range that doesn't take the size of the gravity well into consideration.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting gamerlamb, reply 1
In practice, anything that is within weapons range will be attacked and then followed if it moves out of range. If by following something and destroying it, a new thing comes in range to attack then that will be attacked as well. Once there is nothing in immediate weapons range, it will return to the original position. So you can see, "Local" is subjective. LRM will have a wider local range than HC or LF.

The difference between this and hold position is that anything that moves out of range will not be followed if you are set to hold position but they will attack anything in range.

 

On second thought. I seems that you have a point. LRF attack earlier than light frigates when set to local ranga. It is however still outside their weapons range before they are triggered.

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

perhaps it is something like, 5000+ship's weapon range.

 

test would be to see what happens when a lrm that is not engaging automatticly gets a weapon range upgrade... from research on an akkan, and see if it then attacks.

Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top

My Initial answer was a working theory but I do know from testing that it varies by unit weapon range. I think PBhead is probably in the ballpark of weapon range + XXXX.