Elthbert wrote:Natasha wrote:Elthbert wrote:A constant swing is a form of lead. It is called the Tracking Method and for referance can be found on page 10-10 of the USMC-MCRP 3-01A Rifle Marksmanship manual. This is LEADING the target.
This is semantics. We're talking about keeping the gun sights on the target as it moves. There is no time lag between shooting and striking.
Acctually, people started talking aboutthat AFTER I pointed out that one had to lead a moving target. That said, if you are going to talk about shooting with authority then use proper terms.
I'm using proper terms. With a laser rifle there is no need to lead the target, you just need keep your gunsight on the target. Whatever is under the aimpoint when the trigger is depressed will get hit (a successful strike roll means the shooter got what he wanted under the aimpoint).
Elthbert wrote:[Natasha wrote:Elthbert wrote:Edit:
Furthermore, if the person reacts to the percieved danger ( a dodge) and jerks back, falls down or makes any other change to their movement in that .08 seconds ( which is as I said really fast, probably jerky movment) then the tracking method is going to produce a miss.
I see no compelling reason why a standard shot at center mass shot (or even a called shot) should be dodged since the gunsight is moving with the target, there's no lag anywhere in the sequence or the system. Gun movement while depressing the trigger on a laser rifle isn't going to affect the weapon's accuracy unlike with normal weapons since the bullet has to travel the barrel. In other words, your 0.08 seconds is irrelevant.
No it does matter. I really don't understand the problem here. If a target alters its movment enough in the time it takes to make the disicion to fire and to fire, then one is going to miss,
Can you swivel your shoulders and twitch your finger at the same time you make a decision? If you can, then there's no time lag with laser weapons.
Difficulty of strike is built into the attacker's roll in combat, including modifiers for called shots and moving targets. The defense is always a reaction to the attack in Palladium and since Palladium has provided us a situation that can't be resolved with the rules we're left with a matter of personal choice about reality and how normative it is in our games.
Elthbert wrote:And what makes you think gun movement isn't going to affect a lasers accuracy, nothing could be further from the truth, the virtually instant travel time of a laser will amplify the inaccuracy of sloppy marksmanship. A minute jerk from a hasitly jerked trigger will instantly be translated into a change in the path of the beam.
Yep. That's why we have dice and why we roll them to see if our strike attempts are successful or not.