From:	Oliver McDonald oliver@*********.com
Subject:	A couple of questions
Date:	Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:35:27 -0800 (PST)

On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:08:47 -0400, Roger Ramirez wrote:

>Instead of staging the weapons damage up for every three bullets and adding
>one to the power for ever bullet I have decided to give an extra 2 dice for
>every three bullets. IMHO (and I may be wrong) when you fire a burst or
>full auto you have more chance of hitting that's why you get 2 extra dice.
>I also believe that if you get hit by more than 1 bullet you will take more
>damage, this also the reason for 2 dice, this way if you make 2 successes
>you do more damage ie hitting with more bullets.

Having fired autofire weapons I can assure you that you have it backwards. When firing
an autofire weapon in burst mode, you actually have a lower chance of hitting...

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