RE: [FT] Kra'Vak Railguns Number-Crunched

Dean wrote:

Nice crunch and analysis.

>In effect, the multiple rolls result in a bit of
>a shotgun effect, greatly reducing the chance of a total miss (0.5% for
>a Class 3 at 2+, 58% at max range so 42% of the time a Class 3 RG will
>do at least 3 pts of damage at max range! Is that what we want?).
>

I'm not sure we do as the original premise was that
it became harder to predict at longer range, and 42%
chance of doing 3 points seems way too high. The only
way to justify it is the bigger guns go faster. I
would say I'm 42% satisfied with the current proposal.

tim jones
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