Ryzom

Hi everyone! I posted something similar a while ago, but never got the response I was trying for...

I currently can craft pistols, and have had fun using them. To fit my character theme, I need a rifle of some sort (or long-ranged weapon). I would like some comparisons/contrasts between the dmg/range/ammo clip size for Pistol, Bowpistol, Rifle, and Bowrifle. If anyone has one or more of these, or any experience with them, can you post some info here for me? So far I'm seriously considering a Bowpistol or Bowrifle... but not sure. Also heard that I should use normal rifle ammo for the Bowrifle vs. the 100sp ammo.

aether4u wrote:Hi everyone! I posted something similar a while ago, but never got the response I was trying for...

I currently can craft pistols, and have had fun using them. To fit my character theme, I need a rifle of some sort (or long-ranged weapon). I would like some comparisons/contrasts between the dmg/range/ammo clip size for Pistol, Bowpistol, Rifle, and Bowrifle. If anyone has one or more of these, or any experience with them, can you post some info here for me? So far I'm seriously considering a Bowpistol or Bowrifle... but not sure. Also heard that I should use normal rifle ammo for the Bowrifle vs. the 100sp ammo.

I'm not sure if you can mix and match the rifle ammo. I would assume that you can't, and honestly I'm not going to spend the 100 sp's to test that theory.

Rifles tend to deal more damage than pistols, however they shoot slower. With the current ranged weapon damage/skill-tree you are looking at spending huge amounts of money or time to craft ammo that deals low damage. I'm not givign up on ranged combat, but right now a mostly ranged fighter is almost impossible to pull off.

vanderpm wrote:I'm not sure if you can mix and match the rifle ammo. I would assume that you can't, and honestly I'm not going to spend the 100 sp's to test that theory.

Rifles tend to deal more damage than pistols, however they shoot slower. With the current ranged weapon damage/skill-tree you are looking at spending huge amounts of money or time to craft ammo that deals low damage. I'm not givign up on ranged combat, but right now a mostly ranged fighter is almost impossible to pull off.

What about the bowpistol? I see specialized ammo for it, but can it use normal pistol ammo? Are they any different in terms of range/dmg/speed?

aether4u wrote:What about the bowpistol? I see specialized ammo for it, but can it use normal pistol ammo? Are they any different in terms of range/dmg/speed?

To expand upon what I said, I dont think that you can mix and match ammo between bowpistol/pistol or bowrifle/rifle, and it is not an experiment I am willing to undertake. The reason that they have bowpistol ammo is for bowpistols and bowrifle ammo is for bowrifles. If they work back and forth it is probably a bug, otherwise they would have generic "rifle ammo" and "pistol ammo".

Range of ranged weapons is decided by the weapon itself. From what I have heard, bow-weapons tend to have less range and equivalent damage. I'm not sure about speed. The main draw of the bow-weapon varieties is that they have a lower penalty.

vanderpm wrote:To expand upon what I said, I dont think that you can mix and match ammo between bowpistol/pistol or bowrifle/rifle, and it is not an experiment I am willing to undertake. The reason that they have bowpistol ammo is for bowpistols and bowrifle ammo is for bowrifles. If they work back and forth it is probably a bug, otherwise they would have generic "rifle ammo" and "pistol ammo".

Range of ranged weapons is decided by the weapon itself. From what I have heard, bow-weapons tend to have less range and equivalent damage. I'm not sure about speed. The main draw of the bow-weapon varieties is that they have a lower penalty.

Ok, so then back to rifle vs. bowrifle. What do you mean penalty?

I'll have to go in-game to be certain, but I see no difference between pistol/bowpistol. I can craft both, as well as the rifle. I can only craft pistol ammo however (and yes, pistol ammo works with bowpistols), so I am unable to test the effectiveness of my rifle as of yet.

I don't much care for the Zorai bowpistol, don't know what the bowrifle looks like yet. Won't find out for a long, long time I'm thinking. Action Penalty on a bowpistol is +30, rifle is +50. I don't know their range off the top of my head, but both are way too short range for my tastes. I'll be able to check more thoroughly after I get off work in roughly ten hours.