::Forum - Long Range Personal Weapons

Year 13 Day 290 20:57	Long Range Personal Weapons
Chopa Riid	Question is, whats the point of having a 14 square range weapon when my perception is 8 squares? Any thoughts appreciated. Edited By: Chopa Riid on Year 13 Day 290 20:57 ____________

Year 13 Day 290 21:59	Long Range Personal Weapons
Kendall Holm	Thats about the time you use a spotter. ____________

Year 13 Day 290 22:06	Long Range Personal Weapons
Jonwe Dayspring	Drop a NPC off by your target with a sensor of some sort. Or a Droid. ____________

Year 13 Day 291 2:26	Long Range Personal Weapons
Kuro Neko	Give the NPC a sensor pack, and carry one yourself. In fact, if you drop off 6 NPCs at the right locations you can 'see' everything on an empty slab when you are on terrain --- full coverage. (Might be able to get away with 4 NPCs if their Perception is good ??) ____________ There is no god but Ara... All will walk his path...

Year 13 Day 291 3:07	Long Range Personal Weapons
Chopa Riid	Awesome, cheers for the answers !!!! Scouts a go go ____________

Year 13 Day 292 13:48	Long Range Personal Weapons
Lahasa Fy	or high perception and macro binoculars. ____________ I hate pointless signatures

Year 13 Day 292 14:01	Long Range Personal Weapons
Teyacapan Quetzalxochitl	That'll get you to range 13 at best.

Year 13 Day 294 1:17	Long Range Personal Weapons
Jesfa	Intentional?! >_> ____________

Year 13 Day 294 2:07	Long Range Personal Weapons
Teyacapan Quetzalxochitl	That's irrelevant, it doesn't get you to the range that the original poster inquired about.

Year 13 Day 294 4:32	Long Range Personal Weapons
Calgor Grim	Shouldnt the scoped element of most of these 7+ range items enhance the sight range somewhat? Not often you need a spotter when acting alone as a single sniper. Only thing that might get you the full 15, depends how Force Sight gets implemented and whether that improves it further or just chances to detect. Additionally Macro Binoculars currently look unimplemented so essentially looks like if its outside your perception range and you aren't sharing sensors then it cant be used. Edited By: Calgor Grim on Year 13 Day 294 4:34 ____________ You are entering the vicinity of an area adjacent to a location. The kind of place where there might be a monster, or some kind of weird mirror. These are just examples; it could also be something much better. Prepare to enter: The Scary Door.

Year 13 Day 294 4:48	Long Range Personal Weapons
Teyacapan Quetzalxochitl	You are wrong.

Year 13 Day 294 10:04	Long Range Personal Weapons
Syn	Well, the fact that they are sniper rifles with scopes is the reason why such weapons have such a long range in SWC in the first place. That you need extra perception/a spotter may not necessarily be 100% realistic, but it's a gameplay decision. Weapons and combat matters are things that need to be balanced around gameplay rather than realism, above all else, in a game (which, for example, is why ammo was removed--very significant gameplay decision, but obviously unrealistic--even a weapon running on a power pack would need a recharge at some point, depending on the specifics of SW tech). In this case, part of the balancing factor is that sniper rifles are significantly more powerful than weapons with a lower range, and using a spotter means you need to manually readjust your setup if your target moves around. It's the price you pay for using a powerful weapon. If you find it too annoying, use something that doesn't pack such a punch, essentially. We want to move away from the idea that there is one best weapon that everyone should try to acquire. I'm not sure how clear Ten's response was to you, but macrobinocs are indeed implemented and immensely useful! They've been working for a few months; it was announced in some Sim News or sync post a while back. ____________

Year 13 Day 294 11:12	Long Range Personal Weapons
Lahasa Fy	Ten, to be fair, he asked about a 14 square range, but only and 8 range perception. skills + binocs get you out to 13 as you say. Its not 14... but its a lot more than 8. I interpreted his question to be more about why weapons exist with any range > perception as opposed spcifically to standing off at max range. ____________ I hate pointless signatures

Year 13 Day 294 12:19	Long Range Personal Weapons
Calgor Grim	If they are working the symbol for them on the rules needs a change then. They still show Not Implemented ____________ You are entering the vicinity of an area adjacent to a location. The kind of place where there might be a monster, or some kind of weird mirror. These are just examples; it could also be something much better. Prepare to enter: The Scary Door.

Year 13 Day 294 16:55	Long Range Personal Weapons
Syn	Yes, that is true; they should at least show as partially implemented, although I am not sure if something else is actually planned for them at all, so fully implemented may be the way to go. You can file a bug report for that if you wish, as I am not sure the developers check here regularly. ____________

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