Gunnery skills overview

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Gunnery Skill Tree

Primary Attribute: Perception Secondary Attribute: Willpower Gunnery Controlled Bursts Motion Prediction Rapid Firing Sharpshooter Surgical Strike Trajectory Analysis Weapon Upgrades Advanced Weapon Upgrades Tactical Weapon Reconfiguration Small XXX Turret Medium XXX Turret Large XXX Turret Capital XXX Turret Turret Size Energy S M L Cap Hybrid S M L Cap Projectile S M L Cap Small <weapon type> Specialization Medium <weapon type> Specialization Large <weapon type> Specialization Weapon Size Artillery S M L Autocannon S M L Beam Laser S M L Pulse Laser S M L Blaster S M L Railgun S M L

These are all skills influencing direct fire weapons, as opposed to launched ones (missiles).

Contents 1 Base skill: Gunnery 2 General direct fire improvement skills 3 Upgrades 4 Turret skills 5 Weapon Specializations

Base skill: Gunnery

Gunnery is a skill that nobody should ever be without. The bonus adds up: +2%/level to rate of fire for all turrets.

General direct fire improvement skills

Rapid Firing (2x)

• Requires Gunnery II

further increases turret rate of fire by 4%/level. (Maxing both this and Gunnery results in a net 32% increase in rate of fire.)

Controlled Bursts (2x)

• Requires Gunnery II

reduces capacitor need of weapon turrets by 5%/level

Motion Prediction (2x)

• Requires Gunnery II

increases turret tracking speed by 5%/level

Sharpshooter (2x)

• Requires Gunnery II

increases turret optimal range by 5%/level

Surgical Strike (4x)

• Requires Gunnery V

adds 3%/level to all weapon turret damage

Trajectory Analysis (5x)

• Requires Gunnery V

increases weapon turret accuracy falloff by 5%/level

Upgrades

Weapon Upgrades

• Requires Gunnery (2)

allows the use of weapon upgrade modules. Also reduces by 5%/level CPU needs of weapon systems.

Advanced Weapon Upgrades

• Requires Weapon Upgrades (5)

reduces powergrid requirements of weapon turrets and launchers by 2%/level

Tactical Weapon Reconfiguration

• Requires Advanced Weapon Upgrades (5)

reduces Strontium Clathrate consumption for siege module activations by 50/level.

Turret skills

There are 12 turret skills, one for each size and type of turret (see Gunnery sidebar).

• All Small turret skills require Gunnery (1)
• All Medium turret skills require Gunnery (3) and the respective small turret skill at (3)
• All Large turret skills require Gunnery (5) and the respective medium turret skill at (3)
• All Capital turret skills require the respective large turret skill at (5). (Nominally, they require Gunnery (5) as well, but so do the large turrets.)

All turret skills increase damage done by that turret type by 5%/level

Weapon Specializations

There are 6 weapon types covered, and 3 sizes for each type. (Capital weapons do not have a specialization skill.) All of these skills increase damage done by weapons requiring that specialization skill by 2%/level. Typically, these are exclusively Tech 2 weapons turrets. Tech 1 turrets don't require this skill, and neither do faction turrets.

• All weapon specializations require the applicable turret skill at (5).
• The 'long range' weapons (Artillery, Beam Laser, Railgun) require Sharpshooter skill at (3) for small, (4) for medium, and (5) for large turrets.
• The 'short range' weapons (Autocannon, Pulse Laser, Blaster) require Motion Prediction skill at (3) for small, (4) for medium, and (5) for large turrets.
• as well, Medium specializations require the applicable small specialization at (4). Large specializations require medium specialization at (4).