Carbineer Archive
Thread: choosing a new carb:which one?
Sad but true, the most used Carbine is the Laser. Itdoes energy damage, hasAP 2 which adds quite a bit to damage on unarmored targets, and against light armor still does some extra damage. However most are slow, and have a very bad damage range (but the high damage is good), and medium to highHAM costs. They are mainly used because of AP 2 exclusively.
I do like a speed sliced E-11, energy damage, fairly good damage range (90-212 on mine), and is fast...AP 1 with medium to low HAM.
Other ppl like a DH-17 with either slice, no AP, energy damage, but fast and great on HAM.
Since different targets resist different types of damage, there is no one carbine that is going to be the best at all times. A EE3 does heat damage, which may get through some armor or resistances....A DXR-6 does acid damage, which will do more damage against targets with low acid resistance. Both of those have damage ranges near the same (90s -180s), medium HAM costs, and medium speed. The DXR-6 has AP 1, and the EE3 has no AP.
AP can be important to you, or damage range/speed...it depends on your playing style...
I use a Laser and an E-11, as well as a DXR-6...my suggestion is to get a couple of Carbines for their damage types and try them out..but the Laser is usually going to be your fallback weapon.