Guide to Combat - Revision history

Bobbanz at 08:27, 19 December 2022

2022-12-19T08:27:56Z

Bobbanz: /* Shotgun Shells */

2022-01-22T20:30:52Z

Shotgun Shells

Grabowski: /* Longarm (Ballistic) */ the anchors actually work

2021-06-21T12:18:02Z

Longarm (Ballistic): the anchors actually work

Grabowski: /* Longarm (Ballistic) */ adds the new guns introduced with boarding.

2021-06-20T21:23:34Z

Longarm (Ballistic): adds the new guns introduced with boarding.

Grabowski: /* Shotgun Shells */ updates the damage values for the Beebase

2021-04-29T17:08:53Z

Shotgun Shells: updates the damage values for the Beebase

Bokkiewokkie: Fixes file

2020-11-22T11:22:49Z

Fixes file

Bobbanz: /* Melee Weapons */ BEGONE MISSING GIF!!

2020-11-22T08:34:51Z

Melee Weapons: BEGONE MISSING GIF!!

Grabowski: Removes the needs revision sign

2020-11-13T18:28:54Z

Removes the needs revision sign

Grabowski: Adds the rest of the NSV specific weaponry. Sadly, image upload borked for me, so the page still lacks pictures

2020-11-12T13:07:49Z

Adds the rest of the NSV specific weaponry. Sadly, image upload borked for me, so the page still lacks pictures

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Grabowski: Adds a few guns, still need a few more. But Fran is closing it so gotta save

2020-11-11T19:51:50Z

Adds a few guns, still need a few more. But Fran is closing it so gotta save

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 [[File:Hud-target.gif]] You can target specific damage zones by using the Numpad Keys. Each limb has its own pool of hitpoints. Hurting the head, legs or arms with enough [[Health#Brute|brute damage]] can cut them off when using a sharp weapon. There are a few [[#Cheap_Tricks|specific items]] that do certain things when aimed at certain zones. If you are unsure what to aim at, then targeting chest or head are the safest choices. Limbs are capped and will stop taking damage if hurt enough, sometimes making you waste damage by hitting them.
 ==Movement Speed ==
-To keep an upper hand in a fight, speed is very helpful. Stop or slow your enemy down with [[Health#Damage_Types|damage]], [[Makeshift_weapons#Bola|bola]], [[Status_Effects#Knockdown|slipping them]], [[#Cheap_Tricks|other tricks]] or many other methods and they will be easier to hit with both [[#Melee_Weapons|melee]] and [[#Ranged_Weapons|ranged weapons]]. There are also ways to speed yourself up, such as [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Nuka_Cola|Nuka Cola]] from [[Vendor#Food_and_Drink_Machines|drink vendors]].
+To keep an upper hand in a fight, speed is very helpful. Stop or slow your enemy down with [[Health#Damage_Types|damage]], [[Makeshift_weapons#Bola|bola]], [[Status_Effects#Knockdown|slipping them]], [[#Cheap_Tricks|other tricks]] or many other methods and they will be easier to hit with both [[#Melee_Weapons|melee]] and [[#Ranged_Weapons|ranged weapons]]. There are also ways to speed yourself up, such as [[Guide_to_drinks#Nuka_Cola|Nuka Cola]] from [[Vendor#Food_and_Drink_Machines|drink vendors]].
 ==Stuns==
 A fight is typically won by either stunning your enemy, which lets you [[#Cuffing|cuff]] them, or by hurting them to a [[Health#Critical_Status|crit]] state or [[Health#Death|worse]]. Learn what the different types of [[Status_Effects#Disables|stuns]] do. An accessible stunning weapon can be made by crafting a [[Makeshift_weapons#Stunprod|stunprod]] [[File:Stunprod.png]]. Also note, when the wiki or players talk about "stuns", they typically mean both the [[Status_Effects#Paralyze|paralyze]] and the [[Status_Effects#Stun|stun]] [[Status_Effects|status effects]]. Stun times varies depending on item used, but are usually around 4-15 seconds. You can reduce stun times on yourself in several ways, such as with certain [[Guide_to_chemistry#Narcotics|chemicals]], including from smoking [[Guide_to_chemistry#Nicotine|nicotine]]. Some stuns are conditional, such as the [[Status_Effects#Paralyze|paralyze]] from the [[Security_items#Flash|flash]] [[File:Flash.gif]], which only works if the target has no [[Clothing_and_Accessories#Sunglasses|sunglasses]] or similar protection. If your target is [[Guide_to_genetics#Mutations_and_Their_Consequences|immune to stuns]], you will usually have to damage them instead.

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 *[[File:Buckshot_shell.png|32px]]'''Buckshot:''' Shoots 6 pellets dealing 9 brute damage each, for a maximum of 54. Quite effective at medium range.
 *[[File:Blank_shell.png|32px]]'''Slug:''' Shoots a single powerful projectile, dealing 60 damage on hit. Does not have the best armor penetration.
-*[[File:Bean_shell.png|32px]] '''Rubber Shot:''' Shoots 6 pellets dealing 3 brute and 9 stamina damage each. More effective at stopping a target, but stamina damage fades with time.
+*[[File:Beanbag slug.png|32px]] '''Rubber Shot:''' Shoots 6 pellets dealing 3 brute and 9 stamina damage each. More effective at stopping a target, but stamina damage fades with time.
-*[[File:Bean_shell.png|32px]] '''Beanbag:''' Shoots one single beanbag, dealing 5 brute and 55 stamina damage. The bartender uses these by default.
+*[[File:Beanbag slug.png|32px]] '''Beanbag:''' Shoots one single beanbag, dealing 5 brute and 55 stamina damage. The bartender uses these by default.
 *[[File:Stun_Shell.png|32px]] '''Stun Shell:''' Shoots an electrode that confuses targets on hit, and applies sleep to confused targets.
 * [[File:Fire_shell.png|32px]] '''Incendiary Slug:''' Shoots a single projectile that leaves a fire trail and ignites the target, on top of 5 brute damage.

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 !{{anchor|WT550 Automatic Rifle}}WT550 Automatic Rifle
 |[[File:46x30ammo.png|64px]]<br>4.6×30mm
-| 20 Rounds
+|20 Rounds
 |20 Brute
 |Security and Cargo.
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 |-
 ![[File:M2A45 pulse rifle.png|64px]]
-!{{Anchor}}M2A45 security pulse rifle
+!{{anchor|M2A45 security pulse rifle}}M2A45 security pulse rifle
 |[[File:Ammo 6mm.png|64px]]<br>6mm
 |30 Stun ''or''
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 |-
 ![[File:Assault rifle.png|64px]]
-!{{Anchor}}M4A-16A1 assault rifle
+!{{anchor|M4A-16A1 assault rifle}}M4A-16A1 assault rifle
 |[[File:5.56 ammo.png|64px]]<br>5.56mm
 |30 Rounds
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 |-
 ![[File:MP SMG.png|64px]]
-!{{Anchor}}MP-16A4 'peacemaker' military police SMG
+!{{anchor|MP-16A4 'peacemaker' military police SMG}}MP-16A4 'peacemaker' military police SMG
 |[[File:SMG ammo.png|64px]]<br>9mm
 |20 Rounds
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 |Security and Cargo
 |Nanotrasen
-|A bullpup style 9mm SMG used by peacekeeping forces. While bulky, it's an imposing weapon designed to instill order into the masses. Capable of full-auto or single-fire. '''It can jam.''' A jammed bullet can be cleared by racking the bolt of the gun by using it in-hand.
+|A bullpup style 9mm SMG used by peacekeeping forces. While bulky, it's an imposing weapon designed to instill order into the masses. Capable of full-auto or single-fire. '''It can jam.''' A jammed bullet can be cleared by racking the bolt of the gun (using it in-hand).
 |-
 ![[File:L6machinegun.png|64px]]

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 |24 Rounds
 |30 Brute
-|Can only be found in Nuke Op rounds, or with Summon guns.
+|[[Nuke Ops]], [[Boarders]] or Summon guns.
 |Syndicate
 |Powerful SMG that will crit unarmored targets in two 2-round bursts. Far from the strongest Nuke Op weapon but certainly one of the most cost efficient, and more than deadly enough. The weapon [[Syndicate Drop Trooper]]<nowiki/>s use.
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 Brute
 |Security and Cargo
-|Security
+|Nanotrasen
 |A new design used by NT security forces. Instead of gunpoweder, it uses Magnetic Acceleration to propel it's tungsten rounds. However numerous, these rounds are generally weaker then alternatives. Has a three-round burst feature
 |-
 ![[File:L6machinegun.png|64px]]

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 ===Shotgun Shells===
-*[[File:Buckshot_shell.png|32px]]'''Buckshot:''' Shoots 6 pellets dealing 12.5 brute damage each, for a maximum of 75. Extremely lethal at close range.
+*[[File:Buckshot_shell.png|32px]]'''Buckshot:''' Shoots 6 pellets dealing 9 brute damage each, for a maximum of 54. Quite effective at medium range.
-*[[File:Bean_shell.png|32px]] '''Rubber Shot:''' Shoots 6 pellets dealing 3 brute and 25 stamina damage each. More effective at stopping a target, but stamina damage fades with time.
+*[[File:Blank_shell.png|32px]]'''Slug:''' Shoots a single powerful projectile, dealing 60 damage on hit. Does not have the best armor penetration.
-*[[File:Bean_shell.png|32px]] '''Beanbag:''' Shoots one single beanbag, dealing 5 brute and 80 stamina damage. The bartender uses these by default.
+*[[File:Bean_shell.png|32px]] '''Rubber Shot:''' Shoots 6 pellets dealing 3 brute and 9 stamina damage each. More effective at stopping a target, but stamina damage fades with time.
-*[[File:Stun_Shell.png|32px]] '''Stun Shell:''' Shoots an electrode that stuns on hit, much like a taser.
+*[[File:Bean_shell.png|32px]] '''Beanbag:''' Shoots one single beanbag, dealing 5 brute and 55 stamina damage. The bartender uses these by default.
-* [[File:Fire_shell.png|32px]] '''Incendiary Slug:''' Shoots a single projectile that leaves a fire trail and ignites the target, on top of 20 brute damage.
+*[[File:Stun_Shell.png|32px]] '''Stun Shell:''' Shoots an electrode that confuses targets on hit, and applies sleep to confused targets.
 *[[File:Tech_shell.png|32px]] '''Shotgun Dart:''' A single dart that can contain up to 30 units of chemicals that'll be injected on hit.
-*[[File:Tech_shell.png|32px]] '''Technological Shells:''' Unloaded technological shells can be made in a [[Guide to Research and Development|Protolathe]]. See [[Research items#Unloaded Technological Shell|here]] for the recipes.
+*[[File:Tech_shell.png|32px]] '''Technological Shells:''' Unloaded technological shells can be made in a [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Security Techfab]]. See [[Research items#Unloaded Technological Shell|here]] for the recipes.
-**[[File:Meteor_shell.png|32px]] '''Meteorshot Shell:''' A single powerful projectile, deals 30 brute damage and stuns for 8 seconds. Pushes back machinery on hit.
+**[[File:Meteor_shell.png|32px]] '''Meteorshot Shell:''' A single powerful projectile, deals 20 brute damage and stuns for 2 seconds. Pushes back machinery and people on hit.
-**[[File:Pulse_shell.png|32px]] '''Pulse Slug:''' Works like one of the deathsquad's pulse rifle shots, dealing 50 burn damage and damaging or destroying walls and machinery.
+**[[File:Pulse_shell.png|32px]] '''Pulse Slug:''' Works like one of the deathsquad's pulse rifle shots, dealing 40 burn damage and damaging or destroying walls and machinery.
 **[[File:Dragon_shell.png|32px]] '''Dragonsbreath Shell:''' Like the incendiary slug, but shoots a spread of 4 burning pellets. Deals less direct damage.
 ** [[File:Frag_shell.png|32px]] '''FRAG-12 Slug:''' An explosive shell that knocks down targets and causes an explosion where it hits, on top of dealing 25 brute damage.
 **[[File:Ion_shell.png|32px]] '''Ion Scatter Shell:''' Shoots a spread of 4 ion bolts, each of which ions a single target instead of the 3x3 area hit by normal ion rifles.
-**[[File:Laser_shell.png|32px]] '''Laser Scatter Shell:''' Shoots a spread of 6 laser beams with up to 90 total damage.
+**[[File:Laser_shell.png|32px]] '''Laser Scatter Shell:''' Shoots a spread of 6 laser beams with up to 60 total damage.
-**[[File:Blank_shell.png|32px]] '''Improvised Shotgun Shell:''' Shoots a spread of 7 metal shards, doing a total of 60 damage at point blank.
+*[[File:Blank_shell.png|32px]] '''Improvised Shotgun Shell:''' Shoots a spread of 1-8 metal shards, capable of doing a total of 60 damage at. The spread and the distance travelled by these shards are quite random, so the shell is best used point-blank. These shells are unique in the fact that they are craftable, but not from Unloaded Tech Shells. See [[Makeshift_weapons#Improvised_Shotgun_Shell|here]] for the crafting process.
 ==Longarm (Energy)==
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 |Like the stunbaton but retractable, with a shorter stun time, but the same capability for bludgeoning. Heads of Staff start their shift with one in their backpack. Be sure to extend it before using!
 |-
-![[File:Ion sabre.png|64px]]
+![[File:Ion Sabre.gif|64px]]
 !{{Anchor}}Ion sabre
 |10 Brute off
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 |Very robust for its size.
 |}
 ==Ranged Weapons==
 Although often hard to get, these can put you at a huge advantage. Not just from being outside melee range, but also by shooting through windows and destroying walls. Guns rely on a stock of ammo, and those are hard to get, while energy guns use recharging units or just recharge by themselves.

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	There are times when running away from a fight is not an option. The combat system is [[Terminology#Robust.2FRobusting\|robust]] but functional, and can feel weird at times. Sometimes your clicks are ignored. Sometimes you suddenly realise your [[#Melee_Weapons\|melee weapon]] is [[#Cheap_Tricks\|no longer in your hand]]. Sometimes your ranged shots [[Syndicate_items#Martial_Arts_Scroll\|bounce off]] your target. Sometimes you even [[Guide_to_chemistry#Amanitin\|suddenly die]] without knowing why. Some people reduce it to "click spaceman until horizontal", but there is a lot more to it. This guide may only cover some basics, but its intention is to help you win fights (or successfully commit murder as [[Terminology#Antag\|antag]]), even against veteran players. <br><br>		There are times when running away from a fight is not an option. The combat system is [[Terminology#Robust.2FRobusting\|robust]] but functional, and can feel weird at times. Sometimes your clicks are ignored. Sometimes you suddenly realise your [[#Melee_Weapons\|melee weapon]] is [[#Cheap_Tricks\|no longer in your hand]]. Sometimes your ranged shots [[Syndicate_items#Martial_Arts_Scroll\|bounce off]] your target. Sometimes you even [[Guide_to_chemistry#Amanitin\|suddenly die]] without knowing why. Some people reduce it to "click spaceman until horizontal", but there is a lot more to it. This guide may only cover some basics, but its intention is to help you win fights (or successfully commit murder as [[Terminology#Antag\|antag]]), even against veteran players. <br><br>
	The [[#Basics to Combat\|practical part]] this guide was written april 2019. If you are reading it much later, some things may be outdated.		The [[#Basics to Combat\|practical part]] this guide was written april 2019. If you are reading it much later, some things may be outdated.

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 |Security
 |Very robust if you know how to use it [[Shitcurity|properly]]. Only the security force can get these easily. Deploy liberally, but stow for transport.
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 ==Sidearms (Ballistic)==
-Ballistic weapons remain a popular weapon in the 26th century, typically however Nanotrasen prefer the usage of Energy weapons over Ballistic weapons, so don't expect to see many ballistic weapons on station.
+Ballistic weapons are the most common kind of ranged sidearms utilised by Nanotrasen security forces on warships.
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 |Security
 |Deals moderate damage. Can be modified to fire .357, but may break with the modification.
 |-
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 ==Sidearms (Energy)==
-Energy weapons are among the most common kind of weapon you'll find on a Nanotrasen space station. Reliable but has issues with ammo.
+Energy weapons are a new invention, sparsly avalible in our times. Mostly used by SolGov officers.
 ===Energy Based===
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 !{{anchor|Disabler}}Disabler
 |[[File:Recharger.gif|64px]]<br>Energy
-|20 Disable
+|20 Stamina
 |Disables target
-|[[Armory]], disabler crates and summon guns.
+|[[Aetherwhisp]]'s [[Armory]], disabler crates and summon guns.
 |Security
 |If you're trying to kill someone, stamina crit, then beat the living daylights out of them.