Re: Rule problem?

Thatotherguy wrote:

> Which would miss that ship you're shooting at (think about it, varying
> 70 feet high or low will miss most every standard vessel).  Thus we
> know they are more accurate than that.  1 degree = 35 feet.  Again,
> you'll miss most ships.  So we know they're more accurate than 1 degree
> error.

Not neccessarily (in fact almost certainly not). This is why large
weapons don't always hit (whoops, I rolled an 8 on my to-hit roll, I
guess the catapult's firing pin didn't release smoothly). When they do
hit, it's either a fluke, or the weapon was adjusted just right for that
particular shot, making aiming with accuracy possible.

> And with magic and exceptional crews and exceptional weapons
> (weapons of quality or whatever you want to call them) they get even
> more accurate.

Well, obviously. In fact I mentioned exactly this several posts ago.

> No.  Doing a long range bombardment, using your figures (I'll assume
> they're basically correct, I haven't checked) I will have a ~.15 mile
> variance (2.09 miles divided by 14).  This is based on the idea that
> some ships have as little as 1 deck hence about 10 high side area to
> hit.

So you're basing your assumptions on the 'fact' that a large weapon will
  always be able to hit a target the size of a ship at standard ranges?
Sorry, but that's flat out wrong. Oh, and incidentally, my numbers were
based on simple geometry and angles.