Talk:Equipment

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guys, i just hit a 21 with a light machinegun

You shot the Hell Knight in the face and reduced its health to 31! You shot at but missed the Hell Knight, because it abruptly crouched down! You shot at but missed the Hell Knight, because it slipped and fell in a pool of blood! You shot at but missed the Hell Knight, because it dove behind some cover! You shot at but missed the Hell Knight, because it abruptly crouched down! You shot the Hell Knight in the face and reduced its health to 42!

Just got 23 damge with a Light machinegun

You shot the Gatekeeper in the eye and reduced its health to 16!

You shot the Gatekeeper in the eye and reduced its health to 39!

Reaper_ocelot

Got a 23 damage with a shotgun.

You blasted the Gatekeeper in the shoulder and reduced its health to 28! You blasted at the Gatekeeper, but missed and accidentally blasted 1 Gatekeeper in the head! You blasted the Gatekeeper in the leg and reduced its health to 41!

Mercinus Greyback

Since I can't edit the main page

I've been doing some tests with the LMG (light machinegun) and AR (assault rifle), and have roughly determined their hit percentage. I've also attempted to log their damage rates, and have come to the tentative conclusion it is possible to achieve 'critical hits' (ie. occasional shots that do significantly more damage than the regular damage rates of a given weapon). I say this because I've been consistently scoring hits with the LMG to the effect of 9-15 damage (as has already been noted in the wiki entry) but no outliers as described by the users above. The AR, on the other hand, seems to achieve damage rates in the vicinity of the 15-25 (highest recorded was 24 but I only did a few dozen hits) area. When associated with the LMG's hit rate of 60% (108 tests - 66 hits - 324 bullets fired) we get an average damage output of 2.4 per bullet fired - more generally that equates to an average of 7.2 XP per click. For the AR, whose hit rate is 50% (108 tests - 52 hits - 540 bullets fired), we get an average damage output of 2 per bullet - or an average of 10 XP per click.

This data doesn't incorporate the long term effects of ammo usage, but I think it's plain to see that those mercenaries who lack the bodybuilding skills, and those on long range patrols far from resupply, will get more out of each bullet if they stick with the LMG. In large confrontations where misses can still hit other monsters, however, the AR handily bypasses it's 50% hit rate and becomes much more effective (although its rapid use of ammunition is still an issue). - Matlack 22:47, 4 June 2007 (PDT)

Once I hit a 32 with an AR :).--6ko6 05:43, 16 January 2009 (PST)