My apologies if I missed this, but I did not see it mentioned here...
A discussion came up last night in soc chat: I posed this question.
Is the skill mod of a scope applied if the hunter is
not looking through the scope? Keep in mind that the graphics change if the mouse wheel is rolled forward to reflect looking through a scope. Also note that the first "roll" produces zero magnification - the zoom factor is shown as 1.00000
Some will argue that yes it is applied because the scope decays regardless of if you are looking through the scope. That could simply be because the attachment is on the tool when the tool is used... does not mean the scope's skill mod was applied. Why have the graphics change if it means nothing? Which brings up another question:
Does a scope decay
faster if you are actually looking through it? I can test this on my own, of course... I was just curious if it had already been done. A sampling of about 500 shots should do the trick unless the difference in decay is like 0.00001 pec (in which case, who cares?)
I wonder... how many of us actually look through the scope when firing at a creature? Not just a Marber... do you do it with a pistol...?
I would greatly like to run a few test samples, but I want the brains to tell me what data to record. My gear:
Marber Bravo +A104 +C-Scope +C-larer sights x2 (Level 48 hit)
Starkhov AS-117 +Beast +C-scope +C-laser sights x2 (Level 51 hit)
Omegaton M2875 +A104 +C-Scope +C-larer sights x2 (Level 53 hit)
Should I test on different mobs / one mob only? We know that HA is dependant on the enemy... You guys know what would be useful so just let me know.