khyron
December 12th, 2003, 11:06 PM
Okay, before I start my story, there's two concepts I need y'all to understand, to get the story.
First, in SWG, each and any weapon has a base speed of how fast it fires, in seconds. 7.7 = fires once every 7.7 seconds. 2.5 = fires once every 2.5 seconds, etc. As you gain skills with weapons, you'll gain modifiers that drop the speeds of these weapons... but no matter what, the speed will always be capped at 1.0. So if you have a Pistol Speed -70 modifier, it won't matter if you have a 5.0 speed pistol, or a 3.0, they're both going to fire at the same rate.
Second, in the game, smugglers can 'slice' a weapon. This has a chance of doing one of two things : decreasing the speed of a gun by a percentage, or increasing the damage of a gun. It's random which is picked, and a gun can only be sliced once. Period. Finito.
Anyways, on with my story!
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Tonight I worked hard to become a Novice Bounty Hunter in SWG. I was grinding through EXP to become a master marksman, and in turn, a novice Bounty Hunter, because Bounty Hunters gain awesome pistol skills, and I like using pistols! I finally achieved Novice BH (As seen here : http://users.sisna.com/panuk10/Khrynn1.jpg ) and went to buy a gun. I ended up buying a 114-182 damage pistol, with a speed of 2.5. Since my pistol skill is high enough, I'm almost at the speed cap of 1.0 (One or two more levels and I'll hit it). My pistol cost 20,000 credits.
I went to get it sliced, and met another BH. He had bought a pistol just like mine, only made with extremely rare, difficult-to-get components. His cost 300,000 credits. IT had 114-230 damage, and 1.5 speed.
We both went to a smuggler to get it sliced. He went first, and was waiting and waiting and waiting... and eventually got a 33% speed reduction. On a fast pistol like his, with the damage cap in place, the reduction in speed is useless.
I went up and got mine sliced. I waited and prayed, until Mister Smuggler said... "31% damage"! I cheered. My pistol was now 146-238 damage. With the speed cap in place, my little 20k pistol was just as good (A bit moreso actually, since it has a higher minimum damage) as that 300k credit pistol.
I was soooooooooo happy! Tonight was a great night in the world of SWG :D
First, in SWG, each and any weapon has a base speed of how fast it fires, in seconds. 7.7 = fires once every 7.7 seconds. 2.5 = fires once every 2.5 seconds, etc. As you gain skills with weapons, you'll gain modifiers that drop the speeds of these weapons... but no matter what, the speed will always be capped at 1.0. So if you have a Pistol Speed -70 modifier, it won't matter if you have a 5.0 speed pistol, or a 3.0, they're both going to fire at the same rate.
Second, in the game, smugglers can 'slice' a weapon. This has a chance of doing one of two things : decreasing the speed of a gun by a percentage, or increasing the damage of a gun. It's random which is picked, and a gun can only be sliced once. Period. Finito.
Anyways, on with my story!
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Tonight I worked hard to become a Novice Bounty Hunter in SWG. I was grinding through EXP to become a master marksman, and in turn, a novice Bounty Hunter, because Bounty Hunters gain awesome pistol skills, and I like using pistols! I finally achieved Novice BH (As seen here : http://users.sisna.com/panuk10/Khrynn1.jpg ) and went to buy a gun. I ended up buying a 114-182 damage pistol, with a speed of 2.5. Since my pistol skill is high enough, I'm almost at the speed cap of 1.0 (One or two more levels and I'll hit it). My pistol cost 20,000 credits.
I went to get it sliced, and met another BH. He had bought a pistol just like mine, only made with extremely rare, difficult-to-get components. His cost 300,000 credits. IT had 114-230 damage, and 1.5 speed.
We both went to a smuggler to get it sliced. He went first, and was waiting and waiting and waiting... and eventually got a 33% speed reduction. On a fast pistol like his, with the damage cap in place, the reduction in speed is useless.
I went up and got mine sliced. I waited and prayed, until Mister Smuggler said... "31% damage"! I cheered. My pistol was now 146-238 damage. With the speed cap in place, my little 20k pistol was just as good (A bit moreso actually, since it has a higher minimum damage) as that 300k credit pistol.
I was soooooooooo happy! Tonight was a great night in the world of SWG :D