Ballistic Weapons - Revision history

Warlord Kentax at 19:31, 25 June 2025

2025-06-25T19:31:36Z

2022-04-13T04:47:21Z

‎Damage Dropoff

2022-02-04T01:31:23Z

‎Damage Dropoff

2022-02-04T00:22:04Z

‎Damage Dropoff

2021-06-13T22:28:08Z

2021-04-07T18:37:26Z

‎Overheat

2020-12-01T06:01:59Z

Undo revision 11623 by Ouch (talk)

2020-11-29T14:29:52Z

‎Strengths

2020-10-29T20:13:37Z

‎Types of Ballistic Weapons in MWLL

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 '''Ballistic Weapons''' are [[weapons]] that fire projectiles, as opposed to [[Energy Weapons|Energy]] or [[Missiles]], and function as the basic "guns" in-game.  They have modern-day equivalents, like cannons, shotguns, sniper rifles, and machine guns, making it easier to grasp how they're supposed to be used in-game.
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 All other ballistic weapons fall into the direct fire category.
 ==Usage==

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 ===Damage Dropoff===
-[[File:Hgauss_Damage_Dropoff_2.PNG|thumb|425px|Damage Dropoff]]
+[[File:Hgauss_Damage_Dropoff_2.PNG|thumb|425px|Damage Dropoff for [[Heavy Gauss]]]]
 Many [[Ballistic Weapons|ballistic weapons]] have a damage dropoff, that is to say, they do less damage the farther away the target is. For most weapons this damage dropoff starts at the weapon's maximum range, and just a few meters beyond the stated maximum range, the weapon does no damage. Some weapons, like the [[RAC2]], have a smaller dropoff rate and can damage targets many tens or even over a hundred meters past their normal maximum range.

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 ===Damage Dropoff===
-[[File:HGauss_Damage_Dropoff.PNG|thumb|425px|Damage Dropoff]]
+[[File:Hgauss_Damage_Dropoff_2.PNG|thumb|425px|Damage Dropoff]]
 Many [[Ballistic Weapons|ballistic weapons]] have a damage dropoff, that is to say, they do less damage the farther away the target is. For most weapons this damage dropoff starts at the weapon's maximum range, and just a few meters beyond the stated maximum range, the weapon does no damage. Some weapons, like the [[RAC2]], have a smaller dropoff rate and can damage targets many tens or even over a hundred meters past their normal maximum range.

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	===Damage Dropoff===		===Damage Dropoff===
		+	[[File:HGauss_Damage_Dropoff.PNG\|thumb\|425px\|Damage Dropoff]]
	Many [[Ballistic Weapons\|ballistic weapons]] have a damage dropoff, that is to say, they do less damage the farther away the target is. For most weapons this damage dropoff starts at the weapon's maximum range, and just a few meters beyond the stated maximum range, the weapon does no damage. Some weapons, like the [[RAC2]], have a smaller dropoff rate and can damage targets many tens or even over a hundred meters past their normal maximum range.		Many [[Ballistic Weapons\|ballistic weapons]] have a damage dropoff, that is to say, they do less damage the farther away the target is. For most weapons this damage dropoff starts at the weapon's maximum range, and just a few meters beyond the stated maximum range, the weapon does no damage. Some weapons, like the [[RAC2]], have a smaller dropoff rate and can damage targets many tens or even over a hundred meters past their normal maximum range.

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 '''Ballistic Weapons''' are [[weapons]] that fire projectiles, as opposed to [[Energy Weapons|Energy]] or [[Missiles]], and function as the basic "guns" in-game.  They have modern-day equivalents, like cannons, shotguns, sniper rifles, and machine guns, making it easier to grasp how they're supposed to be used in-game.
-There are two main kinds of [[Ballistic Weapons]]. Direct fire and indirect fire.
+There are two main kinds of [[Ballistic Weapons]]. [[Direct fire]] and [[indirect fire]].
 Indirect ballistic weapons include all of the [[Long Tom Artillery]], the [[Sniper Artillery]], and, to a very slight degree, the various [[Thumper Artillery]].

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 ===Overheat===
-Many ballistic weapons will overheat in continuous firing (represented in-game as a bar under the weapon name on the weapons display). If the weapon happens to overheat, it will become unusable for a short time (3s-10s depending of the weapon), after which it will be fully cooled and usable again. In most cases overheating the weapon is unwanted because the normal cooling rate is a faster way to cool the weapon, exception being [[Hyper-Assault Gauss Rifle]]s, which are intended (and more effective) to shoot until overheat is reached.
+Many ballistic weapons will overheat or 'jam' when fired continuously (represented in-game as a bar under the weapon name on the weapons display). If the weapon happens to overheat, it will become unusable for a short time (3s-10s depending of the weapon), after which it will be fully cooled or 'unjam' and be usable again. In most cases overheating the weapon is unwanted because the normal cooling rate is a faster way to cool the weapon, exception being [[Hyper-Assault Gauss Rifle]]s, which are intended (and more effective) to shoot until overheat is reached.
 ==Types of Ballistic Weapons in MWLL==

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 *Some ballistic weapons, like the [[Long Tom Artillery]], [[HVAC]]s, [[HAG]]s, and [[LtGauss]] are the longest range weapons in the game that don't require a [[lock on]].
-*Ballistic weapons tend to do more damage than Energy weapons and tend to have more focused damage with less Splash Damage than missile weapons.
+*Ballistic weapons tend to do more damage than Energy weapons and tend to have more focused damage with less [[splash damage]] than missile weapons.
 *Ballistic weapons typically produce very little [[heat]].

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 * [[Long Tom]]
 * [[Thumper]]
 ==See Also==