Because it is a railgun! Of course it deals the same type of damage!

i stand corrected ... now lets talk about rail gun damage multipliers vs blaster damage multipliers :)

you know the difference from a post and a blog. btw they generalized by how the damage counted unless you want to tell me that missiles work just like grenades and mercs just throw them out of their hands. all it proves is that its counted as same type of damage.

That Is beyond my scope of specialty!

Sounds interesting, Billi Gene should start up a thread.

yes yes yes Rusty.. but lets clear up whether Rail guns need actual RAILS, to be classified as a rail gun!

I like to be positive about the DEVs and the game as much as needed, but lets be frank...(puts on fake moustache)... the Forge Gun doesnt have the physical attributes to accurately fire a rail projectile. It lacks epeen inducing Length.

If indeed the FG does possess rails that is. If it doesnt, then it is a Blaster. Which would match the item description. Rail guns afaik dont build a magnetic charge as the rail operate off of a current.

Sure the charge up is to generate the Electrical charge to power the rail, but in no way does that translate into the forward armature locks into position, stabilizing the magnetic fieldlink

sounds like a blaster to meeeee

The chart is perfectly clear on this. Hybrid - Railgun (long range). So everything listed under ARE Railguns.

The Explosive doesn't say anything about missiles, guidance systems, or firing mechanism. It just says Explosive.

so you agree that they generalized all the groups as to have less on the chart that's not needed. your not going to tell me the AR should fire like the plasma cannon are you?

No, but the AR and the PC are both plasma hybrid weapons. They both fire Plasma.

The FG fires rails!

yes yes yes Rusty.. but lets clear up whether Rail guns need actual RAILS, to be classified as a rail gun!

I like to be positive about the DEVs and the game as much as needed, but lets be frank...(puts on fake moustache)... the Forge Gun doesnt have the physical attributes to accurately fire a rail projectile. It lacks epeen inducing Length.

If indeed the FG does possess rails that is. If it doesnt, then it is a Blaster. Which would match the item description. Rail guns afaik dont build a magnetic charge as the rail operate off of a current.

Sure the charge up is to generate the Electrical charge to power the rail, but in no way does that translate into the forward armature locks into position, stabilizing the magnetic fieldlink

sounds like a blaster to meeeee

Cadari weaponry is usually either of two things. Rail based technology or Missile Based Technology

The Forge gun is Rail Based Tech.

it shoots rails you say

yes yes yes Rusty.. but lets clear up whether Rail guns need actual RAILS, to be classified as a rail gun!

I like to be positive about the DEVs and the game as much as needed, but lets be frank...(puts on fake moustache)... the Forge Gun doesnt have the physical attributes to accurately fire a rail projectile. It lacks epeen inducing Length.

If indeed the FG does possess rails that is. If it doesnt, then it is a Blaster. Which would match the item description. Rail guns afaik dont build a magnetic charge as the rail operate off of a current.

Sure the charge up is to generate the Electrical charge to power the rail, but in no way does that translate into the forward armature locks into position, stabilizing the magnetic fieldlink

sounds like a blaster to meeeee

It does!

Furthermore, blasters do not require the weapon to charge. They are fully automatic High RoF anti-infantry weapons.

The FG is a charge up, slow RoF High Damage anti-matter weapon. *coughrailguncough*

so you agree that they generalized all the groups as to have less on the chart that's not needed. your not going to tell me the AR should fire like the plasma cannon are you? because calling the FG a rail is just that. the damage is the inflicted the same but the way it fires and works are not.

wow... you are so clueless. you don't even know why railguns are called railguns. that is why i don't care argue with you.

The FG fires rails!

Not a blaster, in the slightest, This is not the most difficult concept to grasp, the question is entirely based on the nature of the ammunition

Blasters and Rails are hybrid weapons, now why are they both hybrid.

1) Blasters are hybrid because they have physical hallow shells which contain plasma, thus they primarily do thermal damage

2) Rails (which Eve also conflates with coil guns) are weapons that shoot solid slugs at really high speeds, hence rail weapons primarily do kinetic damage

The Forge gun shoots solid shells based on the descritpiont,

Also the devs shouldn't have to do double work because you guys can't do a little bit of researching, they already addressed the issue of classifying weapons based on weapon systems, just read the dev blogs

http://dust514.com/news/blog/2013/07/weapon-ranges-in-uprising-1.2-and-beyond/

Edit:

I wanted to include this

"The power supply must be able to deliver large currents, sustained and controlled over a useful amount of time. The most important gauge of power supply effectiveness is the energy it can deliver. As of December 2010, the greatest known energy used to propel a projectile from a railgun was 33 megajoules.[10] The most common forms of power supplies used in railguns are capacitors and compulsators which are slowly charged from other continuous energy sources.
The rails need to withstand enormous repulsive forces during shooting, and these forces will tend to push them apart and away from the projectile. As rail/projectile clearances increase, arcing develops, which causes rapid vaporization and extensive damage to the rail surfaces and the insulator surfaces. This limited some early research railguns to one shot per service interval.
The inductance and resistance of the rails and power supply limit the efficiency of a railgun design. Currently different rail shapes and railgun configurations are being tested, most notably by the United States Navy, the Institute for Advanced Technology, and BAE Systems."

The question was, "can a Dev tell us if the Forge Gun is a Railgun?" The chart (posted by a Dev) shows it under a listed title that says Hybrid - Railgun (long range). Everything under that listing is therefor a Railgun as stated by CCP Remnant.

Weapon game play characteristics is a moot point.

plasma- generalization (blasters/ cannons/ shotguns and TBA stuff)
projectiles - generalizations (smgs/ HMG/ TBA stuff includes rifles its all)
laser- generalizations(pulse and laser pointers or "beam")
rail - generalization even thou you say its not (rifles/ forge/ TBA smg/rifle/pistols)
explosives- completely generalizations( hand held/ gun launched/ missiles)

you going to tell me shotguns/cannons work in the same way blasters?
or HMGs work just like SMGs?
or remote explosives track targets like missiles?

plasma- generalization (blasters/ cannons/ shotguns and TBA stuff)
projectiles - generalizations (smgs/ HMG/ TBA stuff includes rifles its all)
laser- generalizations(pulse and laser pointers or "beam")
rail - generalization even thou you say its not (rifles/ forge/ TBA smg/rifle/pistols)
explosives- completely generalizations( hand held/ gun launched/ missiles)

you going to tell me shotguns/cannons work in the same way blasters?
or HMGs work just like SMGs?
or remote explosives track targets like missiles?

actually, the forge is a repurposed mining laser......

edit: just read ingame info, it is a repurposed mining railgun