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Finished game on 2.5 Hard mode. Thoughts and experiences.
TallTroll:
>> I think that my objection to the way EP ammo is handled is that it is supposed to be an armor penetrator that explodes during penetration. Which is fine but even armor penetrators are still affected by armor and this round isn't.
From the fluff text, I had assumed EP ammo was more like HEAT rounds, striking armour, then letting a mini plasma blade off. As such, its performance is fine, as armour that can't stop it dead is all equally ineffective
braven5:
dont even know how to get 2.5 version, i only got v2.4 lol
aa_:
2.5 is the beta version, you will have to get the sources and compile them youself.
I think that the EP ammo is really overpowered and unrealistic.
The begging weapons should get obsolate, and get replaced by advanced alien weapons/PHALANX developed weapons.
Telok:
--- Quote ---The Encased Plasma Ammo is essentially a shape charge miniaturized to fit inside of a traditional rifle. It consists of a small plasma core, a tip that fragments on impact and a soft outer casing. When the bullet hits its target, the tip fragments and the small plasma core slams into the armour. The speed of the blow causes the soft outer casing to deform, creating a sealed shell around the plasma core and trapping the heat so that it burns through the armour.
--- End quote ---
Ok, HEAT rounds don't work this way. This is functionally a miniaturized plasma blade made from a soft metal and launched at the target at hundreds of feet per second. From the description this should only work if the round strikes perpendicular to the armor, the soft metal melts more slowly than the hardened alien materials designed to reflect plasma away from the armor, and the soft metal can maintain some sort of seal or hard shape after impacting the armor and having hot rapidly expanding plasma released between it and the armor.
With this kind of round I would expect wildly varying results from angled hits and imperfect seals along side the devastating damage of perfect hits. I'd almost expect less damage to unarmored targets if the round fails to fragment while passing through soft tissues. It should certainly not penetrate walls at all but could easily cause a torch of plasma to eject from the far side of the wall. It's certainly not a magic no-armor bullet.
DarkRain:
--- Quote from: aa_ on October 29, 2013, 10:58:03 pm --- 2.5 is the beta version, you will have to get the sources and compile them youself.
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Actually as noted here we are offering a 2.5 nightly build
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