Kallas Hallytyr
Skullbreakers
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Posted - 2014.09.06 22:22:00 -
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Numbers warning.
Warning, this post contain excessive use of numbers. For those with a feint heart, or are currently with child, I advise you read the TL;DR at the bottom.
DPS Comparison (using Particle Cannon, for simplicity)
Base Damage, current: 434.2
Shield Damage, current (77%): 334.334
Armour Damage, current (68%): 295.256
Base Damage, HF Delta (70% of current): 303.9
Shield Damage, HF Delta (90%): 273.51
Armour Damage HF Delta (110%): 334.29
DPS Values (DPS = Damage x ROF / 60)
Base, current: 868.4
Shields, current: 668.668
Armour, current: 590.512
Base, HF Delta: 466.0413 (-46.3%)
Shields, HF Delta: 419.382 (-37.3%)
Armour, HF Delta: 512.578 (-13.2%)
DPS Values, Gallente ADS 5
Current ROF: 180 (120 x 1.5)
HF Delta ROF: 138 (92 x 1.5)
Base, current: 1302.6
Shields, current: 1003.002
Armour, current: 885.768
Base, HF Delta: 698.97
Shields, HF Delta: 629.073
Armour, HF Delta: 768.867
I hope that format isn't ungodly to read.
Essentially, Small Railguns, with current change numbers, will be getting nerfed in every aspect. I don't know what numbers to suggest, but to me this is not a good fix for Small Railguns being too effective against infantry. Despite the efficaciousness vs armour increasing, the reduction in base damage means it will actually be harder to kill not only shield vehicles (fair enough, it should be an anti-armour weapon like the Hybrid - Rail profile is supposed to be) but also 13.2% less effective against armour.
In layman's terms that means it will take roughly 7 shots in Delta to do the same amount of damage as 6 shots currently does.
This does not sound like much, but shields will also take almost 14 shots to do the same damage as 10 currently. What this means is that Small Rails will lose all power versus vehicles, rendering them, for all intents and purposes, impotent against their primary target whilst doing little (reduced ROF only) to really dissuade use vs infantry.
Currently, armour vehicles are substantially less afraid of Incubi than Shields vehicles and this situation will actually worsen with this change while shield vehicles will also get a break.
I would suggest a change of -10% Damage and ROF down to 92 (ROF as suggested)
These are the numbers of the 10% change:
New Proposal DPS
Base Damage: 390.78
Shield Damage (90%): 351.702
Armour Damage (110%): 429.858
Base DPS: 599.196 (-31%)
Shield DPS: 539.2764 (-19.4%)
Armour DPS: 659.1156 (+11.6)
This change means that Small Railguns are almost 20% less effective against shields than currently, but slightly more than 10% more effective against armour.
For those interested, Incubus Level 5 @ -10% base:
Base DPS: 898.794 (-31%)
Shield DPS: 808.9146 (-19.4%)
Armour DPS: 988.6734 (+11.6%)
TL; DR
The changes to be made to the Small Railgun should be:
* ROF reduced from 120 to 92
* Damage reduced by 10% (not 30%)
Alt of Halla Murr.
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