D'oh! Dammit, I did! Oh, well. I'm feeling too lazy to go back and change it. LK's guide is
stickied up at the top, anyway; it's not like it's difficult to find.

--Helms

ahh ic ic. but does this only apply to ships running and ships chasing? would it be
the same if say two bbs are engaging each other at maximum range?

i.e., the chasing ship moves itself INTO range of the runner, and the runner moves OUT of
range of the chaser.

helms... you linked to this topic you nub:D

here's my explanation:D

yaya that nice to know.

Lousitania is actually correct. Running away TECHNICALLY does not increase your range.
Your shells still travel just as far. But due to the hang-time of the shells and the
movement of your ship, if you are running from the enemy, you are moving away from the
point of impact, while your target moves towards it, which effectively gives you a range
boost. And the higher the angle of the gun, the longer the shells stay in the air, the
more pronounced the difference is.

Your opponent, by the same principle, also gets an effective decrease in range due to how
he is travelling towards the point of impact for his shells, while you head away from it.
He has to aim ahead of you in order to hit you, which is much more difficult to do if
you're moving away from him. If the two ships have the same or very similar range, he will
not be able to hit you.

I am going to borrow a couple of diagrams from LordKelvin's "Basic Battleship Tactics"
guide, which is stickied up at the top of this forum:

You are the running ship, and the red lines indicate the trajectory of your shells,
beginning with the instant you fire them at the target.


Now you are the chasing ship, but the red lines still indicate the trajectory of your shells.


The pictures basically sum it up. If you need a full written explanation, check out LK's
guide, here:

http://tinyurl.com/48l4g7

But the answer to the original question, from a practical standpoint, is yes. Running
gives you "more range."

--Helms

That is correct;)
When your a bb4 for instance and fighting against another bb4 and you got same
range. When you turn away your ship and then fire you gain a little more range
most of the time just the little range you need. So advice 2 play ur bb like that when
you fire turn away.

Also just like when your turn away and fire you gain range, when you chase
someone and then fire your range will be less. Keep that in mind.

@lousitania
exctually thats not true;) when you turn away you ship and then fire and the enemy
ships keeps sailing his original line and doesnt turn into your shot he still gets hit.

It does not increase range it merely gives the person running away a range advantage.
Because when the enemy chases they are running towards the ship and there is lag time
between the shells being shot and landing on their target. So they are basically running
into the shells.