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Hey there, there are a couple of other threads asking about when to change guns and so on - that kinda inspired me to write the following text about it, because there were various opinions about when to change and so on, how skills matter and stuff (e.g. should you use an ML-35 with 800 rifle? ... for example).
Well, here's the deal with guns and skill levels as I think about it:
Take for an example a rifle that does 8 damage and one that does 80 damage.
Let's say you have 25% as minimum damage for now.
Damage interval on 8 damage rifle: 2.0 - 8.0
Damage interval on 80 damage rifle: 20.0 - 80.0
This means that by doing minimum damage with an 8 damage gun you'll do 6 damage less than you potentially could do with it, using the 80 damage gun and doing minimum damage, you'll do 60 damage less than what the rifle is capable of.
Now through skilling your minimum damage increases to 50% of the max.
Damage interval on 8 damage rifle: 4.0 - 8.0
Damage interval on 80 damage rifle: 40.0 - 80.0
Which means that by doing minimum damage, you'll do 4 less than what the 8 damage rifle could do and 40 damage less when you would be using the 80 damage gun.
What does this tell us? Skills make a bigger difference on bigger guns, well ... obviously
Even though there would be no difference in damage/pec if both guns would have the same economy rating, there's a big difference in the actual damage delivered by beeing skilled. And the damage you do is what kills mobs after all.
It seems that it doesn't make much sense to use a low-level rifle with high skills, since those high skills won't make for a big difference from a damage point of view on low damage weapons. Skills make a big difference on the actual damage delivered by high damage weapons though.
In the above example the difference between 25% and 50% on the 8 damage rifle is only 2 damage more as a minimum, the difference on the 80 damage rifle is ten times as much, i.e. 20 damage more minimum.
Again, what I mean here is that of course the damage/pec is the same for both (assuming they got the same economy), of course the %age is the same, but there's a big difference in the actual damage difference.
To sum it up, I am one of those who believe you should not use a big gun with low skills, unless you're prepared to and don't mind to pay a lot for your hunting (except when you get lucky). The problem is that I'm really not sure why exactly, what I've written above is just a way I started to explain that to myself ... if anyone has any opinion on it, I'd be glad to hear it Thanks.
Well, here's the deal with guns and skill levels as I think about it:
Take for an example a rifle that does 8 damage and one that does 80 damage.
Let's say you have 25% as minimum damage for now.
Damage interval on 8 damage rifle: 2.0 - 8.0
Damage interval on 80 damage rifle: 20.0 - 80.0
This means that by doing minimum damage with an 8 damage gun you'll do 6 damage less than you potentially could do with it, using the 80 damage gun and doing minimum damage, you'll do 60 damage less than what the rifle is capable of.
Now through skilling your minimum damage increases to 50% of the max.
Damage interval on 8 damage rifle: 4.0 - 8.0
Damage interval on 80 damage rifle: 40.0 - 80.0
Which means that by doing minimum damage, you'll do 4 less than what the 8 damage rifle could do and 40 damage less when you would be using the 80 damage gun.
What does this tell us? Skills make a bigger difference on bigger guns, well ... obviously
Even though there would be no difference in damage/pec if both guns would have the same economy rating, there's a big difference in the actual damage delivered by beeing skilled. And the damage you do is what kills mobs after all.
It seems that it doesn't make much sense to use a low-level rifle with high skills, since those high skills won't make for a big difference from a damage point of view on low damage weapons. Skills make a big difference on the actual damage delivered by high damage weapons though.
In the above example the difference between 25% and 50% on the 8 damage rifle is only 2 damage more as a minimum, the difference on the 80 damage rifle is ten times as much, i.e. 20 damage more minimum.
Again, what I mean here is that of course the damage/pec is the same for both (assuming they got the same economy), of course the %age is the same, but there's a big difference in the actual damage difference.
To sum it up, I am one of those who believe you should not use a big gun with low skills, unless you're prepared to and don't mind to pay a lot for your hunting (except when you get lucky). The problem is that I'm really not sure why exactly, what I've written above is just a way I started to explain that to myself ... if anyone has any opinion on it, I'd be glad to hear it
Thanks.
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