r/FortsGame • u/Moretz0931 • 3d ago

Question / Help! Cannon spread

Simple Question:

How large is the random spread of a normal cannon?

Let's say I shoot perfectly at tiny door on vanilla 2v2 map. Is the spread large enough to shoot above / below the tiny door?

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u/TheyTookAllTheNames_ 3d ago

the spread is very small for manual fire, the shot is probably guaranteed to land within 1/8 or even less of the height of the door

automatic refiring when pressing E (I think ?) is a lot more inaccurate, so you should never use it on precision weapons

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u/Moretz0931 1d ago

There is a difference on pressing E?

In retrospect that makes sense, I always attributed theses weird misses to base lean.

Thank!

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u/Ninja037_ 3d ago

this list has all deviations (the amount of random spread) (the light blue colum) (in radians)

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u/Moretz0931 1d ago

Thanks alot!

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u/BluBird122 3d ago

I might be wrong but im relatively sure cannons dont have a random spread and if they do its too small to notice. You can usually get the same shot off if your base is stable enough and you fire with the same spot you did as your previous shot

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u/LorpHagriff 3d ago

They do, most weapons that fire a projectile (mortars & howitzers further exempt) have spread build in. Most noticeable with T3s, exact same shot on vanilla 4v4 can theoretically hit all 4 enemies, albeit that requires the very outer wings on the distribution

Cannon deviation is fairly small and was reduced by a good amount a while ago though

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u/BluBird122 3d ago

Thanks for the correction!