# How long does a ranged attack take?

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**Category:** The Toolbox\
**Created:** [February 16, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-long-does-a-ranged-attack-take/18812 "2019-02-16T02:51:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-long-does-a-ranged-attack-take/18812/1 "2019-02-16T02:51:50Z")

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In moves seconds or whatever if a ranged attack from a gun takes time how long is it?  
Note: this does not include aiming.

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**Author:** ![bostltch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/bostltch/32/3226_2.png) [@bostltch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bostltch)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-long-does-a-ranged-attack-take/18812/2 "2019-02-16T08:48:36Z")

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Well firing a gun without aiming at all only takes one turn and each turn is six seconds. It takes six seconds to pull the trigger. You could have also just got a watch or cellphone to look at the ingame time just before firing and then just after to see how long anything takes.

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**Author:** ![TheZoneWizard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thezonewizard/32/1397_2.png) [@TheZoneWizard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheZoneWizard)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-long-does-a-ranged-attack-take/18812/3 "2019-02-16T15:29:59Z")

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I think Kevin expressed his interest in reforming this turn system to 1 second intervals. But my memory is foggy about this.

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**Author:** ![Hirmuolio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hirmuolio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hirmuolio)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-long-does-a-ranged-attack-take/18812/4 "2019-02-16T21:23:06Z")

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The side bar shows the “moves to fire” when you aim. 100 moves = one turn = 6 seconds (unless you have speed traits. The “current speed” in char info tells how many moves per turn you get).

I think the extra moves just roll to next turn. So 160 moves would take one turn and on next turn you would have only 40 moves until the turn ends.