 Smaller Bursts, Is it possible? |
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 May 24 2008, 10:46 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 418 Joined: 20-September 07 Member No.: 13,346  |
If you have a full auto weapon you can fire a narrow, full burst with +9 DV and -9 recoil and use up 9 extra bullets. If you have a smartlink weapon could you decide to fire, say 6 extra bullets for +6 DV and -6 recoil as your narrow, full burst. I know that you fire smaller bursts if you don't have enough ammor to fire the whole burst, but I was wondering if you could select the size of the burst with a smartlink?
Cause it would be nice to be able to do an extra 4-5 damage so that you can 1 shot that guy without wasting the extra ammo or getting the extra recoil. |
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May 24 2008, 11:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 135 Joined: 4-May 08 From: Austin, Texas USA Member No.: 15,951 |
If you wanted to stay within RAW, then no. In a more sane world you can easily select the number of rounds in a burst with practice and trigger control, no need for a smartgun.
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May 25 2008, 12:02 AM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Which was how it was in previous editions - you just chose the number of rounds you fired in FA.
I think the new rules are better, even if they are more constraining. But hey, it's easy enough to do the math - every bullet (after the first) is +1 DV -1 DP |
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May 25 2008, 01:14 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,664 Joined: 21-September 04 From: Arvada, CO Member No.: 6,686 |
You can do a long burst. Which just happens to be 6 bullets. Thats by RAW.
3 bullets = short burst 6 bullets = long burst or two short bursts 10 bullets = full auto 9 bullets = long burst followed by short burst Are I believe all the possible combinations. |
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May 25 2008, 11:44 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
20 bullets = Suppressive Fire, IIRC.
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May 25 2008, 11:59 AM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
QUOTE (Backgammon @ May 25 2008, 02:02 AM)  Which was how it was in previous editions - you just chose the number of rounds you fired in FA. not iirc, you had to go in bursts of 3 unless you ran out of ammo... |
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