Anyone ever notice

[Alexander Jackson]

The ranges for blasters and such suck? I mean seriously, here is some comparisons (I used my IC weapons for poodoos and giggles with the exception of the X-45, because I couldn't find the data on the E-11s. One would figure they wouldn't be too dissimilar...)
All distances are in meters. As you can see, pistols are relatively the same, and the Sub guns/assault rifles are not too far off. The real laugher is with Sniper systems. Sadly there are many real world assault weapons with better ranges than the canon Sniper systems...

Weapon Optimum Range Maximum Effective Range

Blastech DL-44 50 75
HK Mk.23 .45 ACP 45.72 77.72

Blastech E-11 100 300
HK MP5SD3 9mm 60 183
HK XM-8 5.56mm ? 485

Sorosuub X-45 ? 500
Sako TRG-42 .338 Lapua ? 1500
Accuracy International
AS-50 .50 BMG ? 1800

 

[Sarge Potteiger]

Considering the DC-15A was good out to 10 kilometers, I'd just say you have poor taste in weaponry.

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

I almost read your name as Michael Jackson

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

@[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]
Whoa now, shots fired!

@[member="Alexander Jackson"]
For weapons here on Chaos we deliberately abbreviate the ranges in the interest of fairness. In canon they have the range, but the movies do a poor job showing the accuracy of blasters.

 

[Fabula Caromed]

And really, there's not a lot of reason to worry about the hardline numbers. Most of RP involves winging it for the plot anyway. I haven't seen many RPs were the maximum range of a 434 Deathhammer was vital to the plot.

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

I've also never seen an RP here where the amount of anything matters apart from items carried or worn by PCs.

After all, everything else is 'background noise'.

 

[Mac O Shenanigans]

True, as for RPs, it's the story...


As for the dc-15a range, where'd you find those stats? I looked long and hard... Plus that just seems damn excessive, as I recall the long range turbolasers used by Darth Caedus were around 40-50 km...

 

[Viktor Ekhard]

I'm sorry, 1800 M isn't enough? That's nearly 2000 yards.

What are there, a handful of people in history that have made that shot at that range before?

 

[Soeht]

Yeah, generally for blasters your character will be in effective range when in roleplay.

For snipers, yall would already be using canon long range weaponry.

I always say this:
A player's shields will always be strong enough.
A player's starfighter will always be fast enough.
A player's agility will always be quick enough.

Unless the Writer doesn't want such a thing.

So, don't worry about the numbers.