Pistoleer Archive

I got this paragraph from another post,

please be my guest and tell me whether this is True/False

Pistol bullets travel just as far and almost as fast as rifle bullets. The only reason it is harder to hit something at a longer range with a pistol is because the sights are closer together. The bullet also travels a bit slower simply because it is not in the barrel in front of a compressed column of gas for as long as it is in a rifle.I will give you the fact that my group will probably not be quite as tight with the trusty M1911, but again that has more to do with the distance between the sights being much shorter.

This post would have some merit if in fact there were bullets being fired from our pistols/rifles/carbines. We are using energy bolts, or lasers.

However, to go along with this, the reason a pistol isn't accurate in hitting long distance targets is because the barrel is short. The longer the barrel, the more spin is put on the bullet, causing it to cut through the air for amuch longer time, thus giving better accuracy. True, the bullet fired from a pistol may go almost as far as a rifle bullet, but no way in hell will you hit the target in the exact same area.

well the guns in SWG are suppose to be built around the basic idea of real guns, if they werent why the 4 different types ofweapons,if the lasers bolt is all the same then why not just have one gun like star trek =)

Wrong. Pistols are actually different from our handguns IRL. IRL we do normal to low damage but we are able to do it quickly and from shorter or longer ranges. It's more versatile. And can be done on the run. Star Wars blaster pistols were created with something else in mind. *Very* short range and LOTS of power. Essentially most pistols are more powerful than most standard carbines, they are just very restricted on range. Its basically explosive firepower at the cost of short range. Of course this isnt reflected in SWG. They couldnt do that without imbalancing the game unless they put speed caps on pistols that were as high as rifleman and that wouldnt be cool.

/sigh now this guy is telling me how pistols were designed for SWG? and who are you George Lucas?

Not telling you how the were designed in SWG. I'm telling you how they are in STAR WARS .

There aren't any bullets in SWG.

Wrong again there are. Tusken rifles are kinetic rifles that are ages old and fire slugs aka bullets

i know there isnt bullets but the guns are at the very least designed just like Real guns, why else would there be the 4 types of guns, and as far as the pistol being powerful at short range you have givenme no proof of that, and the other fact is that none of youhave even answered the question of this post

I thought tusken rifles are ion damage.

Proof? Read the books and buy the Star Wars RPG sourcebooks and you can find out for yourself. I dont give a crap how the SWG devs designed it, they havent exactly done everything to scale. Storm Commandos wearing black ST armor instead of black scout armor. Darktrooperes being white. DXR-6 being a carb instead of rifle..I can go on. Like I said I dont care how it is in game im telling you how it is in SW

Why are you telling us what guns are based off of (in this case, real life)? Are you George Lucas?

There's all kinds of crazy info in this thread. In general, barrel length will dictate potential accuracy. As far as power, there are handguns that can put a hole as big as your fist into someone's body, while there's high velocity rifle rounds made just for accuracy and penetration. I've seen first hand what a hollow point pistol round can do to a deer. You wouldn't doubt the killing power of a handgun if you saw it.