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jedi0war

Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:39 am

is strafe shot 1 any good when i use it it says im only doing 380 damage im using a dlt20 5.5 105-170

Barb-Wire

Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:57 am

thats about right for a dlt20a lveling to novice is the suckage. keep at it the reward is getting that novice title then it gets easier from there.

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dimmu-borgir

Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:15 am

#3

just use headshot2, same damage mod

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Sotaudi

Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:54 pm

#4

Strafeshot1 does a 2.0 x the damage modifier (same as Headshot2 as pointed out earlier). That means it takes the damage the rifle would do on a normal attack and doubles it. The DLT20 does Energy damage and has no armor piercing as I recall. So even in the best of circimstances (against a target that is vulnerable to energy damage), the best you can ever hope for is 510 damage with that shot with that rifle. Heck, with Strafeshot2 at Master (our best damage multiplier shot), the best you could ever hit for with that rifle is onlysomething like 1,275. Add armor and resistances into the equation, and you are going to do less damage than either of those numbers.

Therefore, the problem is not the shot, but the weapon. You need to get a better weapon. Some people use the DLT20 because of its low HAM use, but because of its lack of armor piercing, it will never outdamage a good Laser, E11, or T21.

For a good write up on how armor piercing and armor and resistances work, look in the FAQ thread.

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jedi0war

Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:28 pm

#5

im just using this until my friend makes master weaponsmith and can mak me a t21

G3N0C1DE

Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:52 pm

#6

While your waiting for that t21 go out and buy a nice speed sliced laser rifle. They're a lot better than dlt20a, but make sure your mind stats are migrated high. If you have to go out and buy some brandy (it's a new food)Since the laser rifle has such a low minimum damage it is very unconsistant, so try to buy a min damage power up to go w/ it.

Hope this helps.

P.S. - It may be a while before your friend can make you a good t21. I'm not sure if this goes for all servers, but on Chilastra all the WS are telling me that the t21 resources rarely spawn

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Jasynn

Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:45 pm

#7

I am new to rifleman [novice] but let me ask you this. Is it my imagination or does the new damage done by mindshot not make it worth the ham cost. Since the patch I seem to do better just using head shot instead of the 'mindshot followed by headshots' that I used to do?

dimmu-borgir

Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:50 pm

#8

yeah... mindshot sucks now... hit with a bleed for 1.2k clicked for 250.. sickening.

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