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General / Re: explain difference between shotgun frames
« on: September 26, 2019, 05:12:51 am »
I was curious about this, too, so I did some math. (Well, a website did the math! 
) I found two shotgun parts of each model (across a few saves at different vendors, so it didn't take long) and compared their base damage at different quality levels. I then fed that data into a two point form calculator - quality & min damage, then quality & max damage, at the two different quality levels. The calculator gave out min & max damage formulas for each shotgun model, which I then tested by plugging in quality levels of shotguns I already had, and the numbers matched (+-1-2 due to formula inaccuracy and rounding errors). I then used to it calculate rough base damage levels at quality 50 and 100 for quick reference. Here's a quick table from my own notes, the formatting's a bit rough but it's clear enough:
Pump Shotguns
| Mag | Sprd | Crit%/+CrDam% | Q50 LB | Q100 LB | Notes
Rebel | 6 | 55 | 5%/+100% | 40-94 | 59-138 | Baseline pump shotgun, average damage spread
Vagabond | 6 | 50 | 5%/+100% | 47-75 | 71-111 | Tight damage spread (from Rebel, +20% min, -20% max), precision +5%
Vindicator | 7 | 55 | 4%/+120% | 31-113 | 46-166 | Wide damage spread (from Rebel, -20% min, +20% max)
Combat Shotguns
| Mag | Sprd | Crit%/+CrDam% | Q50 LB | Q100 LB | Notes
Sovereign | 6 | 55 | 5%/+100% | 40-76 | 57-110 | Baseline pump shotgun, tight damage spread
Despot | 5 | 60 | 5%/+120% | 32-99 | 47-145 | Wide high damage spread (from Sov, -20% min +30% max), precision -5%
Tyranny | 8 | 55 | 4%/+85% | 40-61 | 60-90 | Tight low damage spread (from Sov, -20% max), innate 4-shot burst
(All calculations done with Long Barrels. Short barrels add +20% min/max damage, -5% precision, and +5 spread angle.)
) I found two shotgun parts of each model (across a few saves at different vendors, so it didn't take long) and compared their base damage at different quality levels. I then fed that data into a two point form calculator - quality & min damage, then quality & max damage, at the two different quality levels. The calculator gave out min & max damage formulas for each shotgun model, which I then tested by plugging in quality levels of shotguns I already had, and the numbers matched (+-1-2 due to formula inaccuracy and rounding errors). I then used to it calculate rough base damage levels at quality 50 and 100 for quick reference. Here's a quick table from my own notes, the formatting's a bit rough but it's clear enough:Pump Shotguns
| Mag | Sprd | Crit%/+CrDam% | Q50 LB | Q100 LB | Notes
Rebel | 6 | 55 | 5%/+100% | 40-94 | 59-138 | Baseline pump shotgun, average damage spread
Vagabond | 6 | 50 | 5%/+100% | 47-75 | 71-111 | Tight damage spread (from Rebel, +20% min, -20% max), precision +5%
Vindicator | 7 | 55 | 4%/+120% | 31-113 | 46-166 | Wide damage spread (from Rebel, -20% min, +20% max)
Combat Shotguns
| Mag | Sprd | Crit%/+CrDam% | Q50 LB | Q100 LB | Notes
Sovereign | 6 | 55 | 5%/+100% | 40-76 | 57-110 | Baseline pump shotgun, tight damage spread
Despot | 5 | 60 | 5%/+120% | 32-99 | 47-145 | Wide high damage spread (from Sov, -20% min +30% max), precision -5%
Tyranny | 8 | 55 | 4%/+85% | 40-61 | 60-90 | Tight low damage spread (from Sov, -20% max), innate 4-shot burst
(All calculations done with Long Barrels. Short barrels add +20% min/max damage, -5% precision, and +5 spread angle.)