Some assistance on ranged weapons, pls?

[basicart]

In PvP ranged role is in skirmishing, using their mobility to advantage and attacking weaker opponents such as mages disrupting them and dealing some damage when opposing armies are still moving to contact. I agree that ranged could be theoretically used effectively in that role after some more PvP balancing like proposed healing nerf.

Why would ya use ranged for running about and shooting in PvP when ya can do the same with 300 sap cristals and ya amps and do 3k dmg enchanting and running

[holina]

Some damage and other info about ranged:

Pistol & Bowpistol:

Min range: 15m
Max range: 30m
Min hpm (with stanza): 30
Max hpm (with stanza): 60

Max possible damage per shot (lvl250): 345
Max possible damage per second (lvl250): 345

Rifle & Bowrifle:

Min range: 20m
Max range: 40m
Min hpm (with stanza): 24
Max hpm (with stanza): 48

Max possible damage per shot (lvl250): 459
Max possible damage per second (lvl250): 367

Autolauncher:

Min range: 25m
Max range: 50m
Min hpm (with stanza): 12(?)
Max hpm (with stanza): 24(?)

Max possible damage per shot (lvl250): 1104
Max possible damage per second (lvl250): 441

Launcher:

Min range: 30m
Max range: 60m
Min hpm (with stanza): 12(?)
Max hpm (with stanza): 24(?)

Max possible damage per shot (lvl250): 1656
Max possible damage per second (lvl250): 662

This is what I calculated, the damage/shot info is accure, DPS might have small rounding errors (+-1), not sure about autolauncher and launcher hpm, but seems accurate...

Hope this helps some

[mmatto]

I agree that ranged could be theoretically used effectively in that role after some more PvP balancing like proposed healing nerf.

Why would ya use ranged for running about and shooting in PvP when ya can do the same with 300 sap cristals and ya amps and do 3k dmg enchanting and running

Nuff said

[mmatto]

For AoE ranged weapons (launcher, autolauncher) max possible damage must be multiplied by 6 if there is multiple targets. I have really used only autolauncher, but I suppose that same applies for launcher.

AoE weapond actually provides some nice tactics for soloing that combine mob train, shooting and running at same time

[holina]

For AoE ranged weapons (launcher, autolauncher) max possible damage must be multiplied by 6 if there is multiple targets. I have really used only autolauncher, but I suppose that same applies for launcher.

AoE weapond actually provides some nice tactics for soloing that combine mob train, shooting and running at same time

Yes that's true, AoE can multiply damage - might be good for crowd control in PvP... who knows - but can swing both ways in PvE. Can save you if you have an add but can cause lots of adds aswell.

Will need to test the blast radius sometime aswell as spread of spray.

[iwojimmy]

have to point out.. you cant CARRY a minutes worth of ammo for a launcher..

cant remember, and websites dont seem to have the info, but think bulk was 30 per shot ! or maybe only 15.

once i log back into the game, I may test my recollection

[asyne]

First, that's one kickass list holina.

have to point out.. you cant CARRY a minutes worth of ammo for a launcher..

cant remember, and websites dont seem to have the info, but think bulk was 30 per shot ! or maybe only 15.

Ooh, it's certainly _quite_ a lot of bulk. When crafting, I usually can only hold ~20 shots on me at one time, even if I strip down my bag to the bare essentials for crafting. Launchers and autolaunchers are not the kind of thing that you would be carrying spare shots for.