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Old 06-14-2019, 01:59 AM   #10
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Default Re: The Effectiveness of Dazzler Carbines [Ultratech]

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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl View Post
One thing to remember is that polarized sunglasses only give Protected Vision, not immunity, so you would be rolling against HT rather than HT-5. If you had a squad ten cops using them for crowd control, even armored troops would have trouble. After blinding people, they would be fairly easy for the cops to arrest, as most of them are not going anywhere when they cannot see anything.
On the bright side, Protected Vision still caps the maximum duration to 2 seconds and 'adapts' to the stimulus (B78). So while useful, dazzlers only open a short window of opportunity.
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