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ok.. so I'm a little confused, and I'm not really high enough up the speed tree in Rifleman to be able to test this well myself.

I understand that plus rifle speed modifiers are a percentage off the base speed of the weapon. I'm just a little unsure about where and how that's calculated, and I'm not sure where the speed cap actually fits into this. Here's the same situation calculated two different ways, and I don't know which is right.

Master rifleman (+90 rifle speed) using Surprise Shot (Time 3.0X) with a 5.0 speed rifle.

A. 90% off of the 5.0 weapon speed leaves a weapon speed of 0.5. Apply speed cap for a weapon speed of 1.0. Surprise shot time is 3.0x, so you can use surprise shot every 3 seconds.

B. 90% off of the 5.0 weapon speed leaves a weapon speed of 0.5. Surprise shot is 3.0x, so you can use surprise shot every 1.5 seconds. Speed cap does not apply here because it's not less than 1.0.

Any info is appreciated.

Byndyl Merzek - Ahazi
Rifleman 2/1/2/2 - Ranger 2/0/3/0 - Novice Creature Handler

Teyy Oxto - Tempest
Master Weaponsmith - Merchant 3/2/1/4 - TK 4/2/3/3

taken from the old FAQ (it's linked off the main FAQ)

Actual speed = weapon_speed * shot_penalty * (( 100 - rifle speed) * .01)

So if you have a laser rifle at speed 5.6
And you are firing Headshot 3's (time penalty x2.0 ??)
And say your rifle speed modifier is +75

Then Actual speed = 5.6 * 2.0 * ((100 - 75) * .01) = 2.8 seconds/shot

At master, rifle accuracy = +90 (if not master marksman) or +95 (if master marksman), so...

Actual speed (+90) = 5.6 * 2.0 * .10 = 1.12 seconds/shot

Actual speed (+95) = 5.6 * 2.0 * .05 = .56 seconds.shot, but 1 sec.cap so 1 sec/shot

Head Shot1D x1.5 T x1.5 M x4
Head Shot2D x2.5, T x1.75 M x5
Head Shot3D x3.0 T x2.0 M x7
Mind Shot1D x1.5 T x1.8 M x6 DoT Bleed attack
Mind Shot2D x2.0 T x2.0 M x5 DoT Bleed attack
Conceal ShotD x2.5 T x3.0 M x5
Flushing Shot1D x2.0 T x2.1 M x5 Stun + Raises posture
Flushing Shot2D x4.0 T x2.6 M x6 (AE) Stun + Raises posture
Flurry Shot1D x2.5 T x2.0 M x5 Dizzy
Flurry Shot2D x2.0 T x2.3 M x6 (AE) Dizzy
Strafe Shot1D x2.0 T x2.0 M x5
Strafe Shot2D x5.0 T x3.5 M x6 (AE) Clears cover + delay
Startle Shot1D x2.0 T x2.1 M x5
Startle Shot2D x4.0 T x2.6 M x6 (AE) Raises posture (Broken?)
Surprise ShotD x3.0 T x3.0 M x5H

Thanks for the info. I was hoping that's the way it was, but just wanted to make sure.

Sorry about asking something that was in the FAQ. Truth be told, it didn't even cross my mind to follow the link to the old one.

Byndyl Merzek - Ahazi
Rifleman 2/1/2/2 - Ranger 2/0/3/0 - Novice Creature Handler

Teyy Oxto - Tempest
Master Weaponsmith - Merchant 3/2/1/4 - TK 4/2/3/3

No problems, I was happy to dig it out of the old FAQ for ya (i knew exactly where it was) -

wasn't trying to imply that your question was invalid because it's answered in the faq