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Layout variant A — definition lists. Compare against B and C.

Damage calculation

Outgoing damage is computed in three stages. Formulas below match the shipped Assembly-CSharp.dll.

1. Attack power per turret

attackPower = ( totalPowerStat / max(0.45, equivalentTurrets) )
              × stackingPenalty
              × turretEquivalentRating
              × powerMultiplier

totalPowerStat

Ship's total CombatPower / MiningPower / SalvagePower (whichever applies to this turret), plus drone-bay contributions.

equivalentTurrets

Same-class hardpoints, weighted by size. Floored at 0.45.

stackingPenalty

Diminishing returns when stacking same-class turrets.

turretEquivalentRating, powerMultiplier

Per-turret tuning constants set on each weapon prefab.

Equivalent turrets	Penalty
1 (≤ 1.9)	1.00
2 (≤ 2.9)	0.85
3 (≤ 3.9)	0.78
4 (≤ 4.9)	0.72
5 (≤ 5.9)	0.68
6+	0.65

2. Per-shot damage

shotDamage   = (attackPower / 5) × random(0.8, 1.25) / defaultAttacksPerSecond
critAdjusted = shotDamage × (2 + CriticalDamage) ^ critCount
outgoing     = critAdjusted × (1 + typeBoost + Damage)

Power-to-damage

Flat 5:1 ratio (DamageData.PowerPerDamage = 5).

Random variance

Uniform 0.8×–1.25× per shot.

defaultAttacksPerSecond

Base rate from _fireDelay, burstAmount, burstDelay, _maxMagSize, _reloadDelay. Does not include AttackSpeed — so AttackSpeed raises firing rate without lowering per-shot damage, effectively a flat damage multiplier.

critCount

Crits cascade. CriticalChance rolls; on success the chance halves and rerolls. Capped by the combatMegaCrit skill-tree points. Each crit multiplies by 2 + CriticalDamage.

typeBoost, Damage

Damage-type bonus stat (e.g. EnergyDamage) and the universal damage bonus.

3. Damage taken by the target

finalTaken = outgoing × max(0.2, 1 − DamageReduction − typeResist)

DamageReduction, typeResist

Universal reduction stat and damage-type-specific resist stat for the incoming type.

Floor

Combined reduction is hard-capped at 80% — at least 20% of incoming damage always lands.

Practical implications

• Roughly, every 5 points of CombatPower/MiningPower/SalvagePower converts to 1 average DPS, before stacking penalty, attack-speed bonuses, crits, and resistances.
• Stacking the same turret class on one ship suffers sharp diminishing returns — the third identical turret only contributes about 78% of its raw power.
• AttackSpeed is stronger than it looks — it shortens the time between shots without lowering per-shot damage, so +20% AttackSpeed ≈ +20% DPS.
• Critical hits compound — with high CriticalChance and the combatMegaCrit skill, multi-stage crits multiply damage geometrically.