A few years?! Shoots no, if I devoted full time to it, it could be done in a few weeks. I basically plan on balancing weapons, but moreso I plan on bolstering the strengths of weapon niches like strengthening SG and MG close-quarters dominance, improve SR's ability to fight at long range without making them dominate mid range, etc., so that player are rewarded not only for designing balanced AC's, but also for specializing them.
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Now let's discuss how FROM failed at that, while also discussing velocity (w00t). First let me briefly explain hexadecimal over decimal.
Dec: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20
Hex: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. A. B. C. D. E. F. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14
Alright, so 69R, 73R2 and 05R3 have a velocity of 41 24 00 00. but RA/RA2 have a higher velocity of 41 28 00 00, and HITEN even higher at 41 2C CC CD! R2 has an attack per interval (1/60 of a second) of 10.0000 (280 over 1+27) while R3 has one of 10.7692, RA2 has a pathetic dps of 8.17567. And don't get me started on HITEN's crap dps...
This makes AST more accurate at longer ranges and normals better at damage racing, and I could swear that dps was what close quarters was all about... Also, AST are usually lighter than battle rifles. So yeah, FROM basically reversed the qualities of battle rifles and AST rifles. The only thing they got right was range and bullet caliber (power)...
I'll explain how to calc DPS:
(Attack*mag capacity) / (firing int*mag cap-1, + mag cap + mag reload)
the last round initiates mag reload, not firing interval, and you must account 1 interval for each shot fired. So RA2 would look like this:
(242*10) / (19*9 +10 + 115) use scientific
Now the ammo clip system makes AST a better choice when you are in and out, since the mag reload is usually satisfied while you plan your next raid. I want to make them more specific, so here's what I plan to do:
-Giving all rifles a velocity between 41 28 00 00 and 41 2C CC CD, since they screwed Mirage rifles in the velocity dept.
-giving AST velocities between 41 24 00 00 and 41 28 00 00
-lengthening lock time for normal rifles, similar to the DRAGON, fast enough to not require a specific FCS, but slow enough to have its effectiveness and DPS somewhat diminished in CQ
-giving all AST standard windows
As for snipers, did you know that RS has a faster lock time than any normal or AST rifle? Cheesy, I know. I plan to do a number of things, like lengthen sniper lock times, tweak FCS like KOKUH, MONJU and VOLUTE to better handle using mixed weaponry, and completely redo ND FCS so that maining NDs or being pure sniper can pay off bigtime IF you use a ND FCS. Btw, I can't stand everyone using pistols in the left...
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Now let's discuss how FROM failed at that, while also discussing velocity (w00t). First let me briefly explain hexadecimal over decimal.
Dec: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20
Hex: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. A. B. C. D. E. F. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14
Alright, so 69R, 73R2 and 05R3 have a velocity of 41 24 00 00. but RA/RA2 have a higher velocity of 41 28 00 00, and HITEN even higher at 41 2C CC CD! R2 has an attack per interval (1/60 of a second) of 10.0000 (280 over 1+27) while R3 has one of 10.7692, RA2 has a pathetic dps of 8.17567. And don't get me started on HITEN's crap dps...
This makes AST more accurate at longer ranges and normals better at damage racing, and I could swear that dps was what close quarters was all about... Also, AST are usually lighter than battle rifles. So yeah, FROM basically reversed the qualities of battle rifles and AST rifles. The only thing they got right was range and bullet caliber (power)...
I'll explain how to calc DPS:
(Attack*mag capacity) / (firing int*mag cap-1, + mag cap + mag reload)
the last round initiates mag reload, not firing interval, and you must account 1 interval for each shot fired. So RA2 would look like this:
(242*10) / (19*9 +10 + 115) use scientific
Now the ammo clip system makes AST a better choice when you are in and out, since the mag reload is usually satisfied while you plan your next raid. I want to make them more specific, so here's what I plan to do:
-Giving all rifles a velocity between 41 28 00 00 and 41 2C CC CD, since they screwed Mirage rifles in the velocity dept.
-giving AST velocities between 41 24 00 00 and 41 28 00 00
-lengthening lock time for normal rifles, similar to the DRAGON, fast enough to not require a specific FCS, but slow enough to have its effectiveness and DPS somewhat diminished in CQ
-giving all AST standard windows
As for snipers, did you know that RS has a faster lock time than any normal or AST rifle? Cheesy, I know. I plan to do a number of things, like lengthen sniper lock times, tweak FCS like KOKUH, MONJU and VOLUTE to better handle using mixed weaponry, and completely redo ND FCS so that maining NDs or being pure sniper can pay off bigtime IF you use a ND FCS. Btw, I can't stand everyone using pistols in the left...
