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Just my 2 quatloo's.....I would prefer gauss/emag to ETC weapons simply due to the lower signature. Yeah, the dart makes a noise when it goes supersonic, but there is no smoke/flash to give your position away. And if you tune the weapon to fire at just below supersonic...you have yourself a very, very nasty sniper weapon. And ammo weight/cost IS an issue. The typical infantryman, as of 2010, carries at least 10 magazines of ammo when he goes on patrol. Sometimes more. While I love 7.62mm, and I cherish my M14 SOPMOD, I am ever so glad everybody else is carrying an M4. As for popping battlesuits.....that's what LAWS/AT4's are for. And .50 cals...:)
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07-07-2010, 02:52 AM | #32 |
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Re: Why does UT concealable armor suck?
From what I can find, the Level III Dragon Skin is about an inch thick. I had a much harder time finding the actual thickness of the Interceptor body armor, but it appears to be about two inches. A typical Second Chance style concealable vest, on the other hand, appears to be about a third of an inch thick for a IIIa version. More concealable than a tactical vest maybe (And about the same as some plate carriers), but not all that thin.
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07-07-2010, 04:18 AM | #36 | |
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I just wish that there were actual concealablilty stats on armor like there are on firearms. |
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07-07-2010, 04:55 AM | #37 |
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The "Typical Armor by TL" box on UT p186 explicitly states that police officers wear concealable reflex (at TL9) armor. Don't hesitate to make them wear heavy (as per tailoring armor) concealable armor. That'll make it less concealable. If they run into somebody who's armed with something their armor can't stop they'll do what policemen do in such situations today. Call the SWAT team (who wear Combat Hardsuits).
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07-07-2010, 06:51 AM | #39 | |
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(and frankly, I'd rather compare the Gauss Rifle to the Assault Carbine, but I fear I'd be accused of white-washing then). The Portable Railgun, by contrast, is not an infantry weapon, but a sniper weapon. It's much closer to the Anti-Material Rifle in purpose than it is to Carbine.
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07-07-2010, 07:11 AM | #40 | |
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The 10mm "Rifle" round APEP ETC Storm Rifle: 12d(3) pi. Cost per round: $12 Acc 5. Portable Railgun: 15d(3) pi+. Cost per round: $0.8 Acc 7. The 7mm "Machine gun" round APEP ETC Minigun: 9d(3) pi-. Cost per shot $5.4 Acc 4 Gauss HMG: 16d(3) pi. Cost per shot: $0.24 Acc 8 The 18.5 "Shotgun" round ETC Close Assault Weapon: 5d+5 pi++. Cost per shot: $1.8. Acc 3 Gauss CAW: 8d pi++. Cost per shot: $0.37 Acc 4 Clearly, gauss weapons have higher velocities, as we can see from their superior Accuracy (and range). Clearly they have higher energies than their ETC counterparts. We use the Gauss Rifle because 6d+2(3) pi- is sufficient. It's sufficient to penetrate most armor, to inflict a sufficiently nasty wound, and "MORE POWER" doesn't always equal "Better."
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