Why do A and Y turrets run out of ammo faster than B and X?

[thedoctorking]

I've noticed this very often - the farthest forward and aft turrets tend to run out of ammo much faster than the more central ones. I don't know if this is a bug or a representation of how ammo stowage really worked on these ships, but if I were designing them, I'd make sure that each gun had about the same amount of ammo available to it (in fact, weren't both forward turrets served by the same magazine?).

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[WLRoo]

A and Y guns have, I believe, slightly better angles of fire and seem less likely to jam than B and X turrets, hence they burn through ammunition faster.

All main battery guns start with the same number of rounds available - and unlike secondary and tertiary, that's locked per turret.

[asdfzxc920]

It's because you're using quad turrets. Early quads have a big penalty to both ROF and reliability.

[thedoctorking]

It's because you're using quad turrets. Early quads have a big penalty to both ROF and reliability.

Possible in this case, but I've noticed this in other circumstances where both A and B turrets are doubles or even singles.

[thedoctorking]

Just noticed another case where the ship had 4 double turrets and the A was out while B still had 64 rounds. That would be about 1/3 of what they started with.

[WilliamMiller]

I will have our NWS internal beta team keep an eye out for this, thanks.

[thedoctorking]

I had this issue in 1.00.34 with a ship with only forward turrets, so a single magazine for both turrets, and A is out of AP while B still has 121 rounds left. Pretty sure the ship did not have any damage that put a turret out of action temporarily. Something is going on here more than just "the A turret gets more chances to shoot than the B".

I've added the save. It's the Italian "Ulpio Traiano" and her sister ship "Giulio Germanico" (which still has a few AP rounds for the A turret but 120 more for B).

[MaximKI]

Thanks, we'll take a look.

[Tarhunnas]

Very observant! This does indeed seem to be the case. It probably has to do with rounding effects when ammo expended is deducted from the turrets. I will see if it can be fixed. Thanks!