aqcsquirrelm wrote:
Okay guys, I dont understand how different weapons have better accuracy, and some dont get blocked by mitigation and some do, I thought this solely delt with your skills, and ranged mitigation would still block a certain percentage of any ranged weapon, sorry for inconvience but please help
Ps: i thought laser would be best because of damage, and ap2.... I always thought elites were p.o.s
ALL weapons are affected by mitigation. The higher the mitigation level (there are only 3 and they dont stack) the less damage the weapon will do.
Mitigation effectively breaks down the gap between maximum damage and minimum damage of a weapon into 1/3's. When using a super laser carbine thats 80 - 800 damage the 65 and slightly higher is whats going to determine most of the damage done. If the person doesn't have any mitigation then the damage will randomly go up and down the gap.
example: super Krayt Laser Carbine 80min - 800max
Ranged mitigation 0: 80 - 800
Ranged mitigation 1: 80 - 620
Ranged mitigation 2: 80 - 440
Ranged mitigation 3: 80 - 260
example: well made Krayt Elite 300min - 600max
Ranged mitigation 0: 300 - 600
Ranged mitigation 1: 300 - 525
Ranged mitigation 2: 300 - 450
Ranged mitigation 3: 300 - 375
Now you see why laser weapons aren't used that often in PvP even though they tend to have very high maximum damages. Even when you add in the 25% damage bonus for having AP2 (all armor is AP1 and for each AP above it you get a +25% bonus) the damage is still going to be bouncing around between the 80 and 260 damage modifiers.
Now if they would only give the Elite the respect it deserves and make it AP2....
Accuracy does one thing and one thing only. It increases your chance to not completely mission someone. When you shoot at someone their dodge skill modifiers are compared to your accuracy skill modifiers and a roll is made. If you have high accuracy your chances of hitting them goes up substantially.
Is saberblock affected by accuracy: NO
Is counter-attack affected by accuracy: NO
Is block affected by accuracy: YES
How much wood could a wood chuck, chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood: Plz die 
Block is the only skill that shaves off a percentage of the TOTAL damage done to someone after its past their armor, mitigation, and food defenses. It always goes off rarely....
Keorytheh Combat Medic h /Forcing Counterstrike PvPers to PvE since 2003 \
A Combat Medic Alpha tester who never got the chance to alpha test
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