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The passage reads "the flyer disintegrated in mid-air as the assault cannon rounds hollowed it out from within, the rounds now passing through the ruined frame. The flyer didn't even explode it literally was reduced to fragments before his eyes"

So that equates to a ridiculous amount of fire. For a weapon thats Assault 4 in gaming terms, now how would that equate to the Punisher with am Assault 20 Weapon?

It seems he's over done it a tad. Any explanation?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3481086.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3481086.page GMT Rate of Fire. ROF given by the game stats are an abstraction, affected by game balance.

What that means is that it's generally meant that for each attack a weapon has, it's not necessarily one shot. It's representing one "burst".

That burst can be anywhere from 100-200 shots to 5 shots.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3481107.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3481107.page GMT Rate of Fire. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3481121.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3481121.page GMT Rate of Fire. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3482373.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3482373.page GMT Rate of Fire. 40K, the lolPunisher aside, so it IS a lot.

For reference, a modern day heavy MG is pretty much a Heavy Stubber, and thats only 3.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3482609.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3482609.page GMT Re:Rate of Fire. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3483005.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3483005.page GMT Re:Rate of Fire. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3483696.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3483696.page GMT Rate of Fire.
That's a lot of Dakka.

In the fluff the thing says that in a tank (instead of a titan) it only has enough ammo for 20 seconds of shooting but in the game there is no restricted ammo rule.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3483881.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3483881.page GMT Rate of Fire. BL and fiction is that its not exact to the rules. Its written that whilst things have to be realistic, ie that 'pea-shooters' of the IG couldn't take out a Titan, or slaughter a Daemon Prince. However something like a punisher or what ever might be exaggerated if it needed to be to suite what the author wanted.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3483910.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3483910.page GMT Rate of Fire.
InquisitorVaron wrote:After reading a passage from the Novel Savage Scars I question the rate of fire in fluff and how it equates into gaming terms.

The passage reads "the flyer disintegrated in mid-air as the assault cannon rounds hollowed it out from within, the rounds now passing through the ruined frame. The flyer didn't even explode it literally was reduced to fragments before his eyes"



Explanation : Author played too many old 2D-shooters

Seriously its like Kan said:
Kanluwen wrote:You have to remember that the ROF given by the game stats are an abstraction , affected by game balance.

What that means is that it's generally meant that for each attack a weapon has, it's not necessarily one shot. It's representing one "burst".

That burst can be anywhere from 100-200 shots to 5 shots.


Example.



Can you imagine to roll to hit for this one?

Better try this one as "heavy stubber": (heavy 3)




Burst mode possible but heavy 3 = 3 shots? Never.


Hydra style: (twin-Heavy4)




A common multifeed medium sized weapon may get up to 700-800 RPM.


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Imagine firing a thousand railroad spikes through a midsize sedan and then try to imagine what would be left of that sedan.

[EDIT] Also, when he says "disintegrate," that doesn't mean each atom separates from the atoms around it. It just means the thing breaks up into pieces. Look up some footage of old planes trying to break the sound barrier. That's what they mean by disintegrate (wings shear off, body breaks into chunks, everything just sorta falls off or falls apart).]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3485257.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3485257.page GMT Rate of Fire. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3485391.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3485391.page GMT Rate of Fire.
If we as a group believe that disintegrate means solely "to destroy on an atomic scale" then we are plain wrong.

If you reduce something to its components it is disintegrated, if you smash it up it could be disintegrated too.

Just like decimate doesn't mean "utterly destroy" it means "reduce by 10%"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3485504.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/405842/3485504.page GMT