Carbineer Archive
Thread: Need Help understanding Carbine Damage, Speed, and SAC Effects
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Jagdwulf
Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:45 am
#1
Greets,
I've been looking through these forums at what folks are saying about different carbines when others ask "Is this carbine worth buying" or what not, and I'm starting to get a bit confused and maybe some of you can throw some advice my way and help me out.
I had been under the assumption previously, that the thing to have was SAC, and after that was damage, and last on the string was Speed. It seemed that Damage Per Second wasn't as important as having that low SAC and high damage. So I was bearing those thoughts in mind when carbine shopping.
So I guess what I'd like to know is...
What would the stats be on what you consider a GOOD carbine for speed, damage, and SAC. Mind you, I'm not referring to something you'd view as the BEST carbine....but rather something good and realistic. Something that if you saw on a vendor, and didn't already HAVE an 'uber' carbine....you'd snatch it up in a sec if the price was right.
As it stands now, most of my carbines, afterslicing, are:
-At or near the damage cap
-Between 73 and 80 SAC
-Fairly slow for speed, compared to other carbines I've read about. Around 2.5 to 2.6 base speed.
For slicing, I usually go with level 2 damage and level 2 critical hit (I use Advanced Critical Shot and those critical hit slices seem to do wonders for me).
But I'm really having problems understanding what the slower 'speed' might be doing to me and if I should re-evaluate my criteria for choosing a carbine.
Thanks guys and gals.
Trebonious
Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:20 pm
#2
I'd say your criteria for what a "good" carbine is pretty much hits the mark. I honestly haven't gone shopping recently because I haven't found the need. You might see more guns with lower speed and higher SAC, depending on how in touch the WS is with his customer base.
JoeHeff
Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:14 pm
#3
to give you an idea... this is what i'm using.
This was made with some krayt tissues that were +156/-.5ish
It is 4% damage sliced and 4% speed sliced...
Elite Carbine
Speed: 2.25 (my mod 1.5)
Damage: 433-1046
Acc Bonus: +17
Wound: 18.4%
Base DPS: 327.78 (my mod 492.21)
SAC: 73
It is what you would call an "uber" carbine, though not the BEST uber carbine. still a darn fine piece though. A carbine of this quality would probably go for 4-6 million on Corbantis. Not sure about the rest of the servers, try your server's trade forums for pricing. 
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