Anax 01
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.03.16 13:29:00 -
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Does the 80GJ figure come from an official source? (Do we even have an official wiki yet?)
I'm looking at the in game description of the sniper rifle at the moment and all it says is that it shoots 2-inch, "beehive" flechettes. I know next to nothing about guns, so when the game says "... the sniper rifle effectively weaponizes velocity, putting an inert round downrange in excess of 2500 m/s," I have no idea whether that accounts for, say air resistance. Still, it sounds like you guys don't need to guesstimate a figure for velocity and need only play with mass. Mass that must still sound reasonable for a 2-inch flechette made of whatever material that's light enough to allow a scout to sprint at 7.8 m/s.
If we plug 2.500 m/s into the equation E = 1/2*M*V^2 we get M = 25,600 Kg. So, a fully loaded tactical sniper rifle would weight 768,000 Kg or about as much as 716 Hyndae i20s. Also, each 2-inch flechette would weigh about as much as 24 i20s. That's a lot of mass for a mere 2 inches!
(I'm laughing so hard right now  )
Yeah, the 80GJ figure just can't be right x'D
... and lets not even get into how the hell can the scout suit guarrantee a 7.8 m/s sprint speed, regardless of the planet's gravitational field. Unless we assume New Eden is strewn with Earth like planets :p
undeadsoldier90 wrote:I would tell you to get a life but anyone who does a physics problem about a weapon in a video game during their free time obviously does not have one.... that ship has metaphoricly sailed....
Tell me more about how you are surprised to find nerds in the forums of a sci-fi MMOFPS  |
Anax 01
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.03.20 17:49:00 -
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Logi Bro wrote:-Why do I die when my armor runs out? What if I'm being shot in the leg? Since when has anyone died instantly from a bullet to the leg?
The previous build seemed to have much fewer paranoid people, who would actually feel safe behind something and stop dancing. I would then proceed to kill 'em via 2-inch flechette to the foot at 2500 m/s. This build it's been harder to perform, but I've still managed to pull it off a few times. And I'm talking about feet not legs! This is a physics thread though, so lets not bring reflexology into the matter xD
*Mumbles something about Achilles's clones in New Eden* |