[Jimmy B]

Originally Posted by 711

Great work on this guide Jimmy B, and +rep for sharing this info.

This is one of the great things about EF, member's willingness to share ideas, research, info and experiences.

Thanks 711

I've gained lots of knowledge from reading other people's posts in the forum. So I'm happy to share any knowledge I have gained myself.

And its not without some self-interest either - I think some people fear that by posting some info they are giving away stuff to other people and that they will lose out somehow. However, I find that posting ideas sometimes helps clarify them in my mind, sometimes helps me remind myself of something I had been forgetting, sometimes gets feedback which shows me I should change some of those ideas, etc. So whilst hopefully helping other people too, I am also still helping myself

There's three ways to use a forum imo:

(i) To read to get ideas but not contribute your own ideas
(ii) To read others ideas, share your own ideas and discuss
(iii) To attempt to spread misinformation to give people wrong ideas

I think people who are (i) gain a bit from using the forum. People who are (ii) gain a lot more, and also feel better about it because they also give a lot more. People who are (iii) hopefully end up getting banned

Happily, we have a lot of people who are (ii), both here at EF and in the community as a whole.

Anyway, I shall give myself a now

Some additions to the guide planned soon.

Originally Posted by Witte

The thing i hate about all these (L) rifles is that they are so damn slow. Infact, its the reason I decided to change profession to HG. Weapon of choise: Korss.

Yes I know what you mean, having recently switched to using quite a bit of pistols (H400, H380, even Svempa S60) when I switch down to a Breer it does feel awfully slow for a while!

But then again pistols always were meant to be faster than rifles no?

Originally Posted by ForrestPark

However, the first person to create a web page where you enter at the top:

(a) A weapon class, e.g. laser carbine
(b) Your HA and CHA for that class, e.g. 3.0 & 5.5

and then you click OK and it lists (sorted by economy, markups of weapons and amplifiers grabbed from peauction) all the laser carbines, both L and non-L (using the 8%/20% rule for misses), with all the possible amps... WILL BE GOD!

Certainly I agree that would be pretty cool! Sadly way beyond my web page creating skills at the moment.

Sounds like Witte is trying to do that on wiki though so good luck with that!

My only comment again is the difficulty of comparing L and non-L weapons means there will be some guess work involved (the 8%/20% rule is an estimate of the effect of HA for instance, also things like the effect of sights and scopes need to be considered). Being a mathematician I tend to shy away from guesses I confess, but of course an educated guess is better than no guess at all!

Originally Posted by Witte

What does recommended level mean? Does it mean you have 10/10? And from what level can you use the gun then?

I think when you reach the recommended level (as given in the weapon description) you go from 0 HA to 3 HA instantly. But you still have bad damage range and not maxed HA. I think its also when the skill increase bonus kicks in. I have a feeling by the time you have maxed out the gun, the SIB has finished.

For economy purposes obviously you'd want to wait until you've maxed out the gun.