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jonny rust:
As far as I can tell this hasn't been suggested yet;

unloading 10+ rounds in a single burst is something people with automatic guns seldom do as it causes serious aiming issues (unless they are mounted) and even in this game one needs to get very close to make such a burst worthwhile.

My suggesting is to implement a second bursting mode called "controlled burst" (or quick/short or any other synonym, that doesn't matter) which would fire between 3 - 5 rounds. I'm not sure what this would mean in AP, probably nothing as there is only a 1 point difference between a single shot and a burst any way. However maybe this would mean a 2 point increase for a full burst (from a single shot base) and a 1 point increase for a controlled burst.

But what it would mean is a higher accuracy rate at longer distances for bursters and less ammo consumption when a 10+ bullet burst is not necessary or useful.

I'm not sure if this should be implemented for big guns as well as small guns but its all up for discussion now anyway.

thoughts?

Josh:
Not a bad idea... I know plenty of incidents where I find myself debate the merits of overkill versus no underkill and this would be very helpful. Of course, people will bitch when they see the AP cost is up...

jonny rust:

--- Quote from: Josh on July 18, 2011, 03:38:33 AM ---Not a bad idea... I know plenty of incidents where I find myself debate the merits of overkill versus no underkill and this would be very helpful. Of course, people will bitch when they see the AP cost is up...

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Yea, the AP thing was an after thought and I'm not particularly attached to it. However with the amount of damage a point blank burst can do, one more AP might not be such a bad thing...

Senocular:
On longer distances you hit only 2-3 rounds anyway. So you won't get any more damage than now. About the ammo consumption - you need 10 bullets to hit with 3, if you shoot three forget about hitting anything. Well skilled character will hit more bullets even with 12 bullets burst.

Josh:

--- Quote from: jonny rust on July 18, 2011, 03:06:25 AM ---But what it would mean is a higher accuracy rate at longer distances for bursters and less ammo consumption when a 10+ bullet burst is not necessary or useful.

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