Plasma weapons

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Anthony

I'd actually probably model it as around RoF 4. .

ROF 4 would mean you had to succeed by 4 just to hold the whole stream on target when "aiming" one at short range really doesn't seem to be any harder than "aiming" a pressure washer. I mean, how many soldiers put 200 hours of range time in on flamethrowers before using one?

That's the thing about the rapid fire rules. They have substantial and sometimes nigh unavoidable missing built into them and this is done so as to reflect the lack of Skill and negative modifiers of common users and situations rather than the physical properties of the weapon in question. Frequently it results in missed shots when doing such would be nigh impossible.