[Ultra Tech] Increased Firearm Power with TL

[DemiBenson]

Originally Posted by Varyon

The fly in the ointment above is felt recoil, which influences MinST (hence the boost to MinST when using +P) and increases as weapon weight decreases. How much would MinST increase for the above weight multipliers? I'm thinking +10%, +20%, +30%, and +40% (mimicking the effect of using +P of one TL lower), does that make sense? That is, at TL 12, a firearm that can only manage (at least without worsening Malf) +10% to damage from increasing the propellant would have 75% of the weight but 1.4x the MinST? That feels a little excessive, but I've never really been clear on how that should work...

Maybe this is why at higher TL, people switch to systems that by design have lower felt recoil due to smoother propellant burning?

Or they compensate for the lower weight with bigger recoil buffers.