For many assault rifles, LMGs and SMGs there are only options for single shot semi-auto or a full-auto which fires off at least 10 rounds and is a huge waste of ammo. Shoudn’t you be able to burst fire any automatic weapon though? Even if the weapon does not have an actual burst-fire setting, you c…

Further thoughts; -Full-auto bursting should be less accurate than using an integrated burst-mode, especially at lower firearm skill. -Full-auto bursting should also fire a random number of shots, anywhere from 1-5 for low levels, 2-4 at mid-high level.

What I intend to do is have a “burst” at 0 skill that will fire a tenth of a second worth of rounds or so. So with a gun that fires 600 rounds per minute, it will fire 10 rounds, if it fires 300 rounds per minute it will fire 5. At some higher skill level, a “short burst” will unlock that exercise…

Seems pretty reasonable to me, at least from my experience playing Counter-Strike lol. Ten rounds isn’t really a “burst” but it still makes sense that someone with zero skill with automatic rifles might not even realize that burst firing is a thing. On the other hand, I’m pretty sure you did your m…

600 rounds per minute equals 1 round per second? I’m assuming you mistyped somehow.

yeah, that was a typo. It’s 10 rounds per second (x 60 seconds = 600RPM)

Okay, that makes sense. The issue is I have no idea if that tenth and twentieth of a second worth of burst fire is reasonable, if it should be higher or lower, etc. I haven’t been able to find any good sources on the matter. Reasonable in what regard? Reasonable for gameplay? Consistent with wh…

[image] hobophobe: I’m pretty sure you did your math wrong Yea I was careless, just getting the idea across. [image] EnDSchultz: Reasonable in what regard? Consistent with real world behavior. [image] EnDSchultz: burst fire is primarily relegated to machine gunners and limited to…

Well, then, as a general approximation, I would agree with Hobophobe in that 0.3 seconds of firing would be a decent ballpark figure from an experienced shooter. And double that for an inexperienced user. Characters that are trigger happy might not have access to the “novice tier” burst fire at all …

I like this idea a lot. Experienced shooters wouldn’t risk spraying shots all over, and it means low calibre guns have nice high burst sizes to make up for their low damage. Plus power armoured cyber mutants can burst fire a .50 cal and that makes me happy.

[image] EnDSchultz: I did explain how the military operates I assume you mean this. [image] EnDSchultz: limited to maybe five rounds This isn’t helpful as it seems like a goal rather than actual performance, it says nothing about what a low-skill character is going to do, or if it var…

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