Carbineer Archive

In pvp situations, using my 417 damage Laser Carbine and Crippling Shot, I find that my damage varies incredibly on unarmored players (not mobs, and havent fought any armored players yet to compare). Sometimes my Crippling Shot hits for as low as 105 damage, other times it hits for 1050 (one hit kill on an unbuffed player). Is this normal? Is the damage supposed to swing so wildly all over the place? In comparison, my DH17 with crippling shot would hit in the 200s low and in the 500s high.

Lets take a Laser Carbine that is 23-230 (i know some servers have better...going for average)/

23-230 x 7.5 = 173 - 1725

Now we reduce it by 75%...

173 - 1725 by 75% = 18 - 431

Now lets add 50% because the target is not wearing armor....

18 - 431 increased by 50% = 27 - 647

So, yes, there is a huge varability in the Laser Carbine. BTW...doesn't it suck when your HAM cost is higher than the damage done to target?

It sucks to no end, and every time i shoot i pray i dont get those 105 damage hits . But those 900+ damage ones make it so worth it, sometimes

get a DXR6 or an elite carbine...? the damage difference is low, and when they're knocked down, additional 25% damage, don't forget that..

Laser Carbines aren't the only weapons out there. Sure my EE3 does less damage, but I can spam Crippling Shot with it and only cost me around 130 AP. Plus it does Heat Damage and is AP 1. It is a very good gun on most hunts (except for Tatooine, I use my DXR6 there). I still believe in being prepared for every situation. If I want to just spam things, I use my DH17 Short or my Elite Carbine due to their very, very low HAM costs and the Elite has AP 1. Plus they can be sliced to very fast speeds (my DH17 is 1.5, .9 with a 30% speed increase powerup). Just a thought. There is more to CarbinEER than the Laser. Oh yeah, what is up with the Novice CarbinIER, that's wrong.