Rifleman Archive

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SquadleadinDoug wrote:

OK, what does the 'AP' stand for in AP1, AP2, and AP3? I've read these terms before, and still have no idea what they mean.... and is AP3 better, or is AP1 better? Or does that depend... LOL Thanks for helping me out... I have no idea where to go to find the answer to this question.

Doug

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AP means Armor Piercing. When you look at a weapon it will say None, Light, Medium, or Heavy. Those translate to AP0, AP1, AP2, and AP3.

For each level that the AP is above the AR (Armor Level) of the target you get a 25% cummalative bonus to damage. So AP3 vs AR0 (3steps)is 195% damage. AP3 vs AP1 or AP2 vs AR0 (2steps)means 156% damage. AP3 vs AR2, AP2 vs AR1, or AP1 vs AR0 (1step)means 125% damage. If even then it's 100% damage.

If the target is vulnerable to the damage type then the the target is considered AR0 and the weapon loses any AP bonus. It basically becomes AP0.

For each level that the armor is greater than the AP, you lose 50% damage. So 1step is 50%, 2steps 25%, and 3steps 12.5%.

So which AP is better? Usually the higher the AP the better off you are. But it will depend on the targets resists. It is possible that a weapon with a lower AP is better because the target may have lower resists to it. Also the lower AP could be better if the target is vulnerable to the higher AP damage type since you lose the AP bonus in that case.

Hope that helps out some.