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Post by ratbastard on Nov 19, 2009 14:14:54 GMT -5
The Sniper Skill allows the character to increase the range of his ranged weapons by 100% by spending an additional action to aim. If the weapon is equipped with a scope this range bonus is increased to 150%. When extending the range of a ranged weapon the character also gains an extra point of critical threat range.
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Post by Flip on Nov 19, 2009 17:59:24 GMT -5
The Sniper Skill allows the character to increase the range of his ranged weapons by 100% by spending an additional action to aim. If the weapon is equipped with a scope this range bonus is increased to 150%. When extending the range of a ranged weapon the character also gains an extra point of critical threat range. 100%? really? ummm... you know that makes like 4,000 meters for a lot of energy rifles....? that's not even within sight anymore.you're going to not only need a telescopic scope just to SEE the victim, but your weapon itself is gonna need a range booster just so bullets or lasers will GO that far... after all.... they're not like regular rifles (where its still a VERY large stretch to be shooting at 100% the weapons maximum range where you start pointing upwards and the bullet will go further, they just go in a straight line and at a certain amount of range, the energy dissipates... |
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Post by ratbastard on Nov 21, 2009 13:34:22 GMT -5
The Sniper Skill allows the character to increase the range of his ranged weapons by 100% by spending an additional action to aim. If the weapon is equipped with a scope this range bonus is increased to 150%. When extending the range of a ranged weapon the character also gains an extra point of critical threat range. 100%? really? ummm... you know that makes like 4,000 meters for a lot of energy rifles....? that's not even within sight anymore.you're going to not only need a telescopic scope just to SEE the victim, but your weapon itself is gonna need a range booster just so bullets or lasers will GO that far... after all.... they're not like regular rifles (where its still a VERY large stretch to be shooting at 100% the weapons maximum range where you start pointing upwards and the bullet will go further, they just go in a straight line and at a certain amount of range, the energy dissipates... Simply put Snipers have the training to get extreme ranges out of their weapons that exceed the expected accurate range of a rifle. A layman can hit the broadside of a barn with a .50 cal rifle at a mile but a trained sniper can hit a pumpkin sitting on the barn from that range. Sniper training is more than a plus to hit. |
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Post by Flip on Nov 22, 2009 20:11:38 GMT -5
it doesn't expand a weapon's maximum range though, it just makes them better at hitting those maximum ranges...
if you want to increase weapon range you need a weapon engineer, not a sniper.
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Post by ratbastard on Nov 23, 2009 8:57:51 GMT -5
it doesn't expand a weapon's maximum range though, it just makes them better at hitting those maximum ranges... if you want to increase weapon range you need a weapon engineer, not a sniper. The maximum range of a weapon is its maximum accurate range. The Beam/blast/round does not stop just because an arbitrary distance has been reached the accuracy of the round leaves what a conventional gunman can reach. Military history is full of snipers who got amazing shots at extreme range because of their training. The range of the Gun is unchanged, the range that the shooter can make the shot is increased due to specialized training. |
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Post by pyrokineticfire on Dec 8, 2009 22:20:16 GMT -5
That's an interesting house rule. If it were me making the rule I don't think I'd give a 100% bonus.
It seems logical that with skill/training and knowledge of all the variables involved in making an outrageous long-range shot, you could "accurately" increase the weapon's range.
For record-setting long range shots I think the shooters were also so skilled they could handle having an imposed to-strike penalty for attempting to exceed the normal maximum range. With that line of thinking, I'd make the house rule something like:
sniper skill adds +2 strike on single fire aimed shots with rifle-type weapons when the target is within the maximum effective range of the weapon. the character can use an additional apm to fire up to 50% beyond the maximum effective range without any bonus to strike from sniper skill (but keeping all other bonuses) or up to 100% beyond the maximum range, but counts as a wild shot.
Those without sniper skill firing beyond the maximum effective range of their weapon lose all bonuses, counts as a wild shot.
that's just my opinion on the matter, hope it helps. again, like the thought put into range for sniping. I think a US soldier in the middle east currently holds the record for longest sniper kill... something like 2.5 miles ^^.
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