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By what degree your weapon will change course to hit a target.
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The tracking bonus on augmenters and other items generally improves how easy it will be to hit your target with that weapon.  For beam weapons, tracking bonus increases the firing arc of that weapon so that it will auto-aim across a wider angle from your ship facing.  For homing projectile weapons, like pulse guns, mag cannons, and torpedoes, it will increase their turning rate, essentially giving bullets more curve as they follow their target.  Although, for some weapons, the tracking stat does nothing.
  
Lasers usually have high tracking
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The [[Sniper]] and [[Speed Demon]] classes get large tracking bonuses.
Pulse weapons and Physical Weapons usually have low tracking
 
  
MagCannons and a few other pulse- type weapons track during flight, making them very accurate.
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[[Category:Gameplay]]

Latest revision as of 16:32, 21 December 2011

The tracking bonus on augmenters and other items generally improves how easy it will be to hit your target with that weapon. For beam weapons, tracking bonus increases the firing arc of that weapon so that it will auto-aim across a wider angle from your ship facing. For homing projectile weapons, like pulse guns, mag cannons, and torpedoes, it will increase their turning rate, essentially giving bullets more curve as they follow their target. Although, for some weapons, the tracking stat does nothing.

The Sniper and Speed Demon classes get large tracking bonuses.