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GreatReorx wrote:

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Parja wrote:

kinetic rifle = rifle that fires solid slugs

Don't see what's so contradictory there. Unfortunately, there isn't a kinetic rifle. The Tusken Rifle used to be, but is no longer. Guess the devs figured we shouldn't be doing every form of damage but lightsaber, so they changed it to energy.

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thanks. i didn't realise that meant Kinetic. Learn something new everyday

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Kinetic damage would be damage from the transfer of kinetic energy. In other words, damagethat occurs when energy is transferred as the result of one thingrunning into another. So getting punched in the face, falling down and hitting the floor, or being hit by a fast moving object would all create kinetic damage. That is whya kinetic rifle would be one that fires bullets or some other form of solid projectile. That is also why all melee professions do mostly kinetic damage. They are all hitting you with something.

Because melee professions have, by their very nature, so few damage types, the devs have decided that kinetic damage is the domain of the melee fighter. The one noteable exception is the Striker pistol. This does kinetic damage. But since it does low damage and requires pistol certs to use (pistol being the ranged class closest to melee range), I guess they figure an exception is warranted. So while all other Star Wars data indicates that the Tusken rifle, like RL rifles, fires a bullet, in this game, it does energy damage. But that is okay. Even the Nym's Slugthrower (a carbine) does acid damage.

There is one other exception to mention. The "Tusken King Rifle," a rare loot drop, does apparently do kinetic damage, but not even riflemen have a certification to use it, so due to the drastically reduced damage from having no cert, the rifle is useful for little more than a show piece.

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Sotaudi wrote:

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GreatReorx wrote:

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Parja wrote:

kinetic rifle = rifle that fires solid slugs

Don't see what's so contradictory there. Unfortunately, there isn't a kinetic rifle. The Tusken Rifle used to be, but is no longer. Guess the devs figured we shouldn't be doing every form of damage but lightsaber, so they changed it to energy.

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thanks. i didn't realise that meant Kinetic. Learn something new everyday

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Kinetic damage would be damage from the transfer of kinetic energy. In other words, damagethat occurs when energy is transferred as the result of one thingrunning into another. So getting punched in the face, falling down and hitting the floor, or being hit by a fast moving object would all create kinetic damage. That is whya kinetic rifle would be one that fires bullets or some other form of solid projectile. That is also why all melee professions do mostly kinetic damage. They are all hitting you with something.

Because melee professions have, by their very nature, so few damage types, the devs have decided that kinetic damage is the domain of the melee fighter. The one noteable exception is the Striker pistol. This does kinetic damage. But since it does low damage and requires pistol certs to use (pistol being the ranged class closest to melee range), I guess they figure an exception is warranted. So while all other Star Wars data indicates that the Tusken rifle, like RL rifles, fires a bullet, in this game, it does energy damage. But that is okay. Even the Nym's Slugthrower (a carbine) does acid damage.

There is one other exception to mention. The "Tusken King Rifle," a rare loot drop, does apparently do kinetic damage, but not even riflemen have a certification to use it, so due to the drastically reduced damage from having no cert, the rifle is useful for little more than a show piece.

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wow nice answer man. This isnt like the "flame away" pike boards.

Thanks all for your help

/salute

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GreatReorx wrote:

wow nice answer man. This isnt like the "flame away" pike boards.

Thanks all for your help

/salute

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