RE: Grenade Launchers. Recoilless Rifles, SAWs, and other stuff

Glover, spake thusly upon matters weighty: 
> (Please note that their IS CURRENTLY NOT ANY Firepower SAW of  d12 -
max
> is Superior Firecon is d10)

I thought one saw was D10 the other D12 (didn't have my charts with 
me at work). Sorry.
 
> As I understand it the range bands of the turret mounted weapon become
> 12 inches when using a Firecon. So we have a trade off - Firepower
> versus range bands. Consider a Greeen or Regular troopie using a d8
SAW.
> FP d8, Qual d6/d8 and the target is at 6/12/18/24/32 inches for the
> Green and 8/16/24/32/40 inch range bands. 
> 
> Using Enhanced Fire Con - Firer is Firecon d8, Qual d6/d8 and Target
> Range bands are 12/24/36/48/60. Now which is less effective??
> 
> Que?

I had considered this point. However... we're saying the weapon is 
less effective at close ranges? I really doubt that. Let's consider 
the double gauss saw in the turret in question. With Regulars firing 
it, we get 2d10+d8 and the range bands are 8/16/24/32/40. With
a basic (did I get the name right? d6 anyway) firecon, which might be 
the best one has on such a light weapon, you get range bands of 
12/24/36/48/60 which is great, but your attack roll will be 2d6+d8. 
Because of the lowered dice, I'm thinking the range band gain isn't 
all that great. At anything over 12 inches, your range dice as the 
defender is equal in size to your firecon dice. At anything over 36", 
your range die exceeds both your die sizes (if using firecon). 
Compare this to the non-firecon SAWs where you have to get to 24" 
before the range die is a d8 (which then only exceeds one of your 
three dice) and out to 32" before it is a d10 and matches or exceeds 
all 3. So it seems the turreted SAW is better at range 32" or better, 
but at ranges under that, the one without firecon is more likely to 
cause casualties. And I don't know about you, but most of our fire 
happens at 8-24". Esp if you involve any sort of ammo considerations.
So, I say again, is there not some way to deal with this? (Owen, I 
realize troop quality plays in (ie if you have green troops, the 
effects of range are more prounounced) but it goes both directions ( 
ie elite troops get d12 range bands and therefore get the same range 
band as the turreted weapons with way better results if they only use 
FP dice rather than firecon)). 

So, am I the only one who sees the problem here?

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