QUOTE (Jack VII @ Apr 10 2014, 08:28 AM)
The Americar costs 16K, each box of damage costs 1600
to repair (10% of the cost of the vehicle). An AK-97 is, on average, going to do 6 boxes of damage to a Ford Americar on a successful one-net hit.
So a single rifle round pretty much totals a vehicle, instead of creating a single bullet hole (or two, I suppose if it punches through both sides)? That's idiotic.
It's almost as if they came up with this by assuming Vehicles handled damage the way that Barriers do - by taking a fixed amount of unresisted DV based burely on the number of bullets fired.
If you shoot a single round from an AK-97 at a locked security door, you only inflict 1 DV to the door itself because you're using a penetrating weapon - and even that requires your initial attack to defeat the 12 armor of a reinforced security door! In contrast, a big ol' Troll with a Combat Axe does full damage to the door (assuming they beat the armor), because the axe tears apart the door instead of overpenetrating through it.
If you shoot the same single round from an AK-97 at a Ford Americar, it
should realistically only inflict 1 DV to the car and overpenetrate through to have a chance to hit anyone inside or behind the vehicle - unless you hit something critical like the engine, I can't see a single bullet doing much damage to the car itself.
But sadly, that's not how Vehicles handle damage, and a single bullet can apparantly rip a car in half these days.
QUOTE (X-Kalibur @ Apr 10 2014, 11:55 AM)
I'm curious why a claymore has a higher availabilty than a combat modified monofilament chainsaw...
I can go to any hardware store in the country and find a half dozen chainsaws. From this point, I just need to find someone to modify it - and a quick search on google will lead you to all sorts of "Zombie Preparedness" companies out there who will
gladly take your money to make your chainsaw combat capable.
In contrast, I wouldn't have a clue where to start to find an actual battle-worthy Claymore (id est, not a piece of garbage "Wall Hanger"). I'd have to look for not just an actual, skilled, traditional blacksmith, but one who knows specifically how to make a Highland Claymore as opposed to say... an English broadsword, or a Polish cavalry savre, or a Chinese jian, et cetera.
QUOTE (ProfGast @ Apr 10 2014, 12:21 PM)
Too Pretty To Hit which lets you use Charisma instead of Willpower.
"PLEASE PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPON -
YOU HAVE TWENTY SECONDS TO COMPLY."
*winning smile, mischievous wink*
"YOU NOW HAVE FIFTEEN SECONDS TO COMPLY. YOU ARE IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF PENAL CODE 1-13 SECTION 9."
*suggestive look, playful lip biting*
"YOUR ATTEMPTS AT SEDUCTION ARE MISGUIDED. OUR INTERFACE PORTS ARE INCOMPATIBLE."
*chest fondling, moaning*
"ERROR. AROUSAL LEVELS APPROACHING CRITICAL. LOGIC SUBROUTINES COMPROMISED."
*full on dry humping*
"OH YES. BABY, OH BABY. YOU ARE A DIRTY BOY, MUNGO."
~Umi