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Thread: T-21 Whats So Special?
K Beyond the Heavy AP .
A Laser Carbine with a Stock does More Dmg. And is Faster granted AP Differance with only Minimal Differances in Range Mods . (whats up with the Lasersmassive Minus from 60M Ideal to 64M Max?)
Just curiouos.. 7.5ish Spd ? Ouch!
I hate the laser actually.
The reason I hate it is the HUGE dmg interval from min to max. ZejjiZ is right, AP3 is the awesome.
Further on the Laser, you may have a higher topend but you aren't going to get nearly the DPS as a T21 at the Master level. Reason being you aren't going to hit at that lasers top-end even 20% of the time.
Yeah... individual shots might do more damage with a laser rifle. Even with a krayt, you're still gonna have what.... 40? 50 damage minimum? However my hunch is that DPS with a T21, at master, will be better than with a laser rifle... but I'm not a master yet and can't say that for sure. I'll take 200+ to 400+ damage or more (I think Starsider's T21's must be weak... my 22% damage sliced one is 202-470...) over 40-600 any day. But I absolutely hate the damage range on laser weapons.
Do you do More dmage by exceeding the AP of the creature . i thought just that It wouldn't be lessened by exceeding the AP
And yes Hampster Nice observation of yours I am talking about a Rifle not a carbine (used to be a carbineer). But for posting it instead of thinking it to yourself. U must have obviously thought i was, so keep your posts to yourself unless it is constructive . The others obviously knew what i meant and helped me considerably thank you.
Kaustix wrote:
Do you do More dmage by exceeding the AP of the creature . i thought just that It wouldn't be lessened by exceeding the AP
Yes you do more damage by exceeding the AR of your target. I believe that the way the system works is that after the initial damage roll ( what you see in your Combat Spam ), AR vs AP is taken into account, followed by Resistances to your damage type.
If your AP is higer than your targets AR you will do bonus damage for each level of AP above the targets AR.
The only time this is not true is if your target has a "Vulnerability" to your Damage type ( no resistance ), in this case AR / AP is completely negated and you will do exactly as much damage as you see in your Combat Spam. Which by the way... Really Sucks hehe!
If you have the time have a read of this great post which explains it all in EXTREME detail 
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=rifleman&message.id=31859
When the weapon armor piercing value (AP) equals armor rating (AR) of the target, there is no bonus or penalty for damage. You just get the damage roll of the shot * the speical damage multiplier.
When AP exceeds the AR, the weapon does 25% more damage per level:
1 level = 1.25 ^ 1 = 1.25x the damage (AP1 vs. unarmored, AP2 vs. light armor, AP3 vs. medium armor)
2 levels = 1.25 ^ 2 = 1.56x the damage (AP2 vs. unarmored, AP3 vs. light armor)
3 levels = 1.25 ^ 3 = 1.95x the damage (AP3 vs. light armor)
When AR exceeds AP, the weapon does 50% less damage per level:
1 level = .50 ^ 1 = damage x .50 (AP0 vs. light armor, AP1 vs. medium armor, AP2 vs. heavy armor)
2 levels = .50 ^ 2 = damage x .25 (AP0 vs. medium armor, AP1 vs. heavy armor)
3 levels = .50 ^ 3 = damage x .125 (AP0 vs. heavy armor)
Resistences will reduce the damage of the type it affects. (E.g., 20% resistence to energy will reduce energy based weapons damage by 20% - that is, it will be damage x .80)
The exceptions are that bleeds bypass armor AND resistences. That is, whether you have 3 levels of AP over AR or 3 levels of AR over AP or whether the target is 1% resistent or 100% resistent to the damage type, the bleed will do whatever the base roll of the damage * the special is. The same is true when a target is vulnerable to a damage type.
Sotaudi... Man.... You're always one step ahead of me with the info 
HEHEHE!.. Keep it up.. It keeps me on my toes
Onichi wrote:
Please... No freshly squeezed Jawa Beer...
/shudder
yes, sunburns on the house.
well, main reason i like my t21... is because it hits less randomly.. and is a big stick of pwnage.