Hello.
I am on my second playthrough and, again, I am doing a small guns character. Because I was quite fed up of Keri getting her ass kicked on melee I gave her a 10mm smg and she is doing quite good so far. Anyway I have found out that she does bursts a lot better than me. For me the only way to do nice damage is to get up close and personal to enemies (one adjacent hex). I don't know why but Keri and some foes do bursting better than me (even from some hexes away). What gives?
Do burst need additional requirements (maybe strength) to be done successfully from afar?
This is my current character sheet.
FALLOUT
VAULT-13 PERSONNEL RECORD
09 July 2170 2335 hours
Name: elpusher Age: 25 Gender: Male
Level: 09 Exp: 39,191 Next Level: 45,000
::: Statistics :::
Strength: 05 Hit Points: 062/062 Sequence: 05
Perception: 08 Armor Class: 030 Healing Rate: 01
Endurance: 05 Action Points: 10 Critical Chance: 004%
Charisma: 05 Melee Damage: 01 Carry Weight: 150 lbs.
Intelligence: 10 Damage Res.: 025%
Agility: 10 Radiation Res.: 010%
Luck: 04 Poison Res.: 025%
::: Traits :::
Gifted
Fast Shot
::: Perks :::
Dodger
Comprehension
Here and Now
::: Karma :::
Karma: 91 (Wanderer)
::: Reputation :::
New Hope: Idolized
Sedit: Antipathy
Rat Hole: Liked
Corath: Liked
Albuquerque: Neutral
::: Skills ::: ::: Kills :::
Small Guns ..... 083% Men ............ 021
Big Guns ....... 010% Women .......... 016
Energy Weapons . 010% Brahmin ........ 001
Unarmed ........ 050% Radscorpions ... 021
Melee Weapons .. 040% Rats ........... 025
Throwing ....... 030% Dogs ........... 002
First aid ...... 036% Manti .......... 019
Doctor ......... 013% DeathClaws ..... 008
Sneak .......... 025% Geckos ......... 030
Lockpick ....... 065%
Steal .......... 020%
Traps .......... 063%
Science ........ 049%
Repair ......... 041%
Speech ......... 101%
Barter ......... 100%
Gambling ....... 010%
Outdoorsman .... 041%
::: Inventory :::
1x Talisman 7x 10mm JHP 19x Stimpak
1,918x Bottle caps 1x "Waiting for Love" 10x 12 ga. Shotgun Shells
1x Lockpicks 1x 14mm AP 6x .223 FMJ
1x 10mm SMG 1x Annihilator shotgun 1x Leather Armor
Total Weight: 59 lbs.
Question about bursting
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Re: Question about bursting
I thinks that every single round in your burst goes with its own chance to hit being calculated, which means some of these six bullets fired in a single burst from 10mm SMG could miss unless you're standing on an adjacent hex. Higher small guns skill would surely help as well as higher PER.
Re: Question about bursting
Okay. Thank you very much for the explanation. ![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
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