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Thread: How far does the tracking go? Really,.
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D-Man_Bloodfin
Sat Jul 10, 2004 9:44 pm
#1
What is the max distance tracker can track something or somebody?
Does the Skill level make any difference?
Venom1656
Sat Jul 10, 2004 9:50 pm
#2
Yes skill does make a difference. and for me at Master I can track two targets showing at oppositepoints of the compass for about a Kilometer.
Message Edited by Venom1656 on 07-10-2004 09:51 PM
TomtheBitx
Sat Jul 10, 2004 10:33 pm
#4
1k? I'm a master ranger myself, and I am pretty sure that the maximum tracking radius is about 450-500m around you.
undeadkim
Sat Jul 10, 2004 10:35 pm
#5
500 m is the maximum radius .. I'm very sure about that.. hehe 
JBMat
Sun Jul 11, 2004 4:14 am
#6
And for you math challenged -
It is one kilometer, 1000 meters, in a circle around you. The radius of the circle is 500m. You can "see" someone 500 m north, someone 500 m south of you.
That is one hell of a lot of territory.
JB
Cohen001
Sun Jul 11, 2004 7:50 am
#7
The word your looking for is a Diameter , so we area track a circle with a Diameter of 1000m centered on the ranger.
Phenix1050
Sun Jul 11, 2004 10:38 pm
#8
it's a good thing I'm dumb then. I think that the dumber you are, the better areatrack works. If I don't know how to calculate the true area of a cirlcle, I can assume that my areatrack actually covers a bajillion square meters...just that there are no other creatures withing that bajillion meters. If creatures turn out to be out there about 700 meters, then I say the spawn system did it.
Thus, my areatrack works up to a 2k radius, for an approximate area of about a bajillion square meteres.
by the way...a 500 meter area is HUGE. just imagine being able to determine if a deer was within a HUNDRED meters by the tracks. I could tell you if they were a day or two old...or much older, but I couldn't tell you if it had gone 30 feet into the woods or 30 miles in the past two days. In game terms 500m was HUGE back before speeders. Even now, it's DAMN good. it is our one utterly unique skill.
AgonThalia
Mon Jul 12, 2004 12:20 am
#9
and if you happen to be a math geek... like me, area track at master ranger covers 785,398 square meters in a circle around you.
(vertical terrain such as a mountain is counted as horizontal and shortens the tracking range)
(vertical terrain such as a mountain is counted as horizontal and shortens the tracking range)
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