From:	Nilo Nolasco <nilo@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Belt Feed (was: Realistic Autofire Rates)
Date:	Fri, 11 Aug 1995 16:37:18 -0600

On Fri, 11 Aug 1995, Ioannis Pantelidis wrote:
> > > I feel that unlike the other modes of fire such as SA or BF, FA
> > > is rather uncontrolled. I HAVE never had the oppurtunity to shoot a
> > > weapon capable of autofire (such things are illegal in Canada) but from
> > > what I'm told, you can control how much ammo one with the proper amount
> assault rifle SA BF and FA but when it hit 10 rounds it stpos and you
> need to press again the button for 10 rounds again to go out.the
> difference at the recoil penalty (if you are using it and holding it properly)

Okay, so YOU CAN control the number of rounds fired in FA, but
how many times can one pull the trigger in 3 to 5 seconds (which would
equal one combat turn)? Five, six times, maybe more... Now the firearms
in SR are probably more lightweight, readily handles recoil quite well,
AND probably has FASTER cyclic rates for FA - yet, it fires a WHOLE LOT
SLOWER for FA. I know, I know, it's a game balance thing. Still, there
has got to be a way to make FA rates in Shadowrun more realistic - yet
survivable like what I've tried to do with my random rates of fire for my
campaign.

NN