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I have two rifles, an EE3 and a DLT20a. I have been using the EE3 forever, and i get a damage bonus of sometimes over 200, as compared to what the text says (e.g. text would say 300, but damage over targets head would say 500). I just bought a DLT20a, because its stats across the board are better than my EE3, but when I field tested it, there was no such bonus. Can someone explain what that is? Any feedback would be great.

Every weapon has a Armour Piercing value, this is matched against the Armour Rating of whatever you are fighting. For every level your weapon's AP is above the targets AR you get a 25% bonus to damage. So if you shoot someone with a AR of 1 and your weapon has a AP of 3 you get a 50% bonus.

If however your weapon has a AP of 0 and you are shooting something with a AR of 1 you get a 50% penalty.

This is why the E11 rifle can have a better Damage Per Second than an DLT20a even though the base stats on the DLT20a seem better.

who da man? You da man! thanks for your help, and yup, the e11 has medium armor piercing next to the DLT20a's 'none' rating.

Hehe thanks, glad I could help.