[Ultra-Tech] Errata in weapons lists? - Page 3

Icelander · 08-30-2007, 05:55 PM

I'm sure this has come up before, but I couldn't find an official answer.

The Gauss rifle, 4mm evidently fires the same round as the Gauss LSW, 4mm at the same velocity. The range is listed as the same and so is the Acc. Yet the Gauss rifle is listed as doing pi damage whereas the Gauss LSW only does pi-. As every other Gauss weapon firing 4mm or smaller rounds does pi-, I'm inclined to think that the Gauss rifle damage is a typo. This is supported by the fact that the Gauss minigun, which apparently fires the same round at a higher velocity, has a listed damge of pi-. The Gauss rifle damage in Basic also supports treating this as a typo.

Most Conventional Smallarms larger than a pistol and smaller than heavy weapons have an Acc of 4. In some cases, this is because the weapon is a carbine or short-barreled, but in others, the rationale is hard to grasp. For example, the TL 7 Assault Rifle, 5.56mm, TL 7 Battle Rifle, 7.62mm and even the TL 6 Self-loading Rifle, 7.62mm in Basic all have an Acc of 5. There are no equivalents to the Assault Rifle, 5.56mm listed in Ultra-Tech, but the equivalent to the Battle Rifle, 7.62mm, the Storm Rifle, 10mmCLR, which is a semi-automatic weapon firing heavy bullets, has an Acc of only 4. By the same token, the Hunting Rifle, 7mmCL also has an Acc of only 4.

The discrepancy is even more pronounced if we look at heavier weapons.
TL 7 SAW, 5.56mm is Acc 5.
TL 9 LSW, 7mm is Acc 4.

What happens to make Acc for comparable weapons go down between TLs? Doesn't it bother anyone that a typical hunting rifle and a typical large-barrel battle rifle have the same Acc as the PDW?

And what's up with the damage on the Storm Carbine, 10mm CL and Storm Rifle, 10mmCLR. It's listed as pi++, even though it should ordinarily be pi+. I can postulate that this is due to some type of advanced ammo being standard for these weapons, but how does that affect the weapon if it is loaed with some of the other types of Ultra-Tech ammunition?

08-30-2007, 05:55 PM	#1
Icelander Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Iceland*	[Ultra-Tech] Errata in weapons lists? I'm sure this has come up before, but I couldn't find an official answer. The Gauss rifle, 4mm evidently fires the same round as the Gauss LSW, 4mm at the same velocity. The range is listed as the same and so is the Acc. Yet the Gauss rifle is listed as doing pi damage whereas the Gauss LSW only does pi-. As every other Gauss weapon firing 4mm or smaller rounds does pi-, I'm inclined to think that the Gauss rifle damage is a typo. This is supported by the fact that the Gauss minigun, which apparently fires the same round at a higher velocity, has a listed damge of pi-. The Gauss rifle damage in Basic also supports treating this as a typo. Most Conventional Smallarms larger than a pistol and smaller than heavy weapons have an Acc of 4. In some cases, this is because the weapon is a carbine or short-barreled, but in others, the rationale is hard to grasp. For example, the TL 7 Assault Rifle, 5.56mm, TL 7 Battle Rifle, 7.62mm and even the TL 6 Self-loading Rifle, 7.62mm in Basic all have an Acc of 5. There are no equivalents to the Assault Rifle, 5.56mm listed in Ultra-Tech, but the equivalent to the Battle Rifle, 7.62mm, the Storm Rifle, 10mmCLR, which is a semi-automatic weapon firing heavy bullets, has an Acc of only 4. By the same token, the Hunting Rifle, 7mmCL also has an Acc of only 4. The discrepancy is even more pronounced if we look at heavier weapons. TL 7 SAW, 5.56mm is Acc 5. TL 9 LSW, 7mm is Acc 4. What happens to make Acc for comparable weapons go down between TLs? Doesn't it bother anyone that a typical hunting rifle and a typical large-barrel battle rifle have the same Acc as the PDW? And what's up with the damage on the Storm Carbine, 10mm CL and Storm Rifle, 10mmCLR. It's listed as pi++, even though it should ordinarily be pi+. I can postulate that this is due to some type of advanced ammo being standard for these weapons, but how does that affect the weapon if it is loaed with some of the other types of Ultra-Tech ammunition? __________________ Za uspiekh nashevo beznadiozhnovo diela!