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Son-Of A-Gun
3dge of D4rkness
SoulWing Alliance
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Posted - 2013.07.09 16:49:00 -
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Just curious to see if any of you know what plasma (what the Gallente AR fires) is composed of? Plasma is composed of subatomic particles traveling a near light speeds. Light travels at roughly 186,000 mil/sec. Now with the distances involved in combat in Dust, the time to target, for anything fired from an AR would be imperceivable. Not to mention other weapons, such as the scrambler rifle and laser rifle, which fire munitions bases on laser technology: photons traveling inside a wave, taveling at literaly the speed of light.
I imagine that the Caldari rail rifle will not be a hit scan weapon, just as the rail turret has projectile flight time. But then again I could be wrong; the SMG fires a projectile as well and I believe it is also hit scan (which makes no sence). But I am not entirely sure about the SMG (such short distances involved) I could be wrong. |
Son-Of A-Gun
3dge of D4rkness
SoulWing Alliance
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Posted - 2013.07.09 17:07:00 -
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BL4CKST4R wrote:Son-Of A-Gun wrote:Just curious to see if any of you know what plasma (what the Gallente AR fires) is composed of? Plasma is composed of subatomic particles traveling a near light speeds. Light travels at roughly 186,000 mil/sec. Now with the distances involved in combat in Dust, the time to target, for anything fired from an AR would be imperceivable. Not to mention other weapons, such as the scrambler rifle and laser rifle, which fire munitions bases on laser technology: photons traveling inside a wave, taveling at literaly the speed of light.
I imagine that the Caldari rail rifle will not be a hit scan weapon, just as the rail turret has projectile flight time. But then again I could be wrong; the SMG fires a projectile as well and I believe it is also hit scan (which makes no sence). But I am not entirely sure about the SMG (such short distances involved) I could be wrong. Plasma also disperses rapidly in the atmosphere so a short range plasma weapon makes sense. On the DPS side it could be a projectile that generates plasma on impact, but that would mean it would have some sort of splash damage and DOT effects because plasma is extremely hot and would probably melt armor since our armor is made of steel  . And depending how many volts are being discharged it could completely fry anything that is electronic or at least disrupt it.
Actually, if you read thedescription for the AR I do believe that it says that the AR fires a projectile that guides the plasma (via some kind of magnetic containment I would imagine). However this projectile would have to be traveling exceedingly fast, or the plasma would simply bottleneck and disperse in atmosphere.
Sic-fi, not so convincing when you know a good deal about physics |
Son-Of A-Gun
3dge of D4rkness
SoulWing Alliance
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Posted - 2013.07.09 17:14:00 -
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BL4CKST4R wrote:Son-Of A-Gun wrote:BL4CKST4R wrote:Son-Of A-Gun wrote:Just curious to see if any of you know what plasma (what the Gallente AR fires) is composed of? Plasma is composed of subatomic particles traveling a near light speeds. Light travels at roughly 186,000 mil/sec. Now with the distances involved in combat in Dust, the time to target, for anything fired from an AR would be imperceivable. Not to mention other weapons, such as the scrambler rifle and laser rifle, which fire munitions bases on laser technology: photons traveling inside a wave, taveling at literaly the speed of light.
I imagine that the Caldari rail rifle will not be a hit scan weapon, just as the rail turret has projectile flight time. But then again I could be wrong; the SMG fires a projectile as well and I believe it is also hit scan (which makes no sence). But I am not entirely sure about the SMG (such short distances involved) I could be wrong. Plasma also disperses rapidly in the atmosphere so a short range plasma weapon makes sense. On the DPS side it could be a projectile that generates plasma on impact, but that would mean it would have some sort of splash damage and DOT effects because plasma is extremely hot and would probably melt armor since our armor is made of steel . And depending how many volts are being discharged it could completely fry anything that is electronic or at least disrupt it. Actually, if you read thedescription for the AR I do believe that it says that the AR fires a projectile that guides the plasma (via some kind of magnetic containment I would imagine). However this projectile would have to be traveling exceedingly fast, or the plasma would simply bottleneck and disperse in atmosphere. Sic-fi , not so convincing when you know a good deal about physics True that, although if it wasnt for Sci-fi we wouldn't think of a lot of the crazy technology we have now.
Arthor C. Clark is my hero. |
Son-Of A-Gun
3dge of D4rkness
SoulWing Alliance
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Posted - 2013.07.09 17:47:00 -
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BL4CKST4R wrote:Look at the most recent dev post, I wish we got that type of dev post when it comes to infantry balance.
Ah how awesome it would be to see a dev blog, like the one from true grit we just got, about weapon and gear balance/imbalance. |
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