What's This About?

Hi folks.

Perhaps you found this little blog from BattleClinic.com. If so, welcome.

Purpose of this site
If you play EvE-Online, the massive multiplayer online game, then you are familiar with the concept of placing weapons on your ships. Many, many new players -- and even some veterans--make the mistake of mixing gun types on ships. For example, some players place 4 Medium turrets and 2 small turrets on their cruiser-class ship, thinking that they can "cover various ranges" with this setup. This site is devoted to discussing and illustrating why this is such

Why would we need an entire blog devoted to what many consider to be a simple concept?
Well, it's actually not as simple as it sounds, and in fact hard for some people to wrap their minds around. Partially this is because other games encourage or require a ship captain to load up guns of various ranges, and partially because EvE is in some respects very accurate in how it models physics.

So, without further ado, let's get on with it.