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Just wondering out loud, why do laser pulse weapons only have +1 to strike when doing the pulse ability ? the pulse is meant to be 3-5 shots that are so fast as to nearly become one beam, so shouln'd they get the +3 bonus for an aimed shot ? the other thing that bothers me is that when firing a burst you get less accuracy, no problem, have fired a fully automatic gun before and if i was only firing one shot cool, any more than one though and the only thing i would hit was the sky but in Rifts, lasers have no recoil. So why does the penalty remain.

Apply the +1 for the pulse mode to the WP bonus. an aimed pulse is +3 +1 + WP Level bonus.

depends on how the players is doing it. if firing a burst or pulse mode volley in an aimed position (as if firing single shot) you could say it is the same as aimed and impose the +3 for aimed not the +1 for burst. medium and long bursts may still cop the burst bonus of +1 due to muzzle flare.

Maybe the gun "shimmies" when you fire on pulse...

If you ever meet KS, ask him why he decided a weapon with no recoil and which fires a recoiless pulse of 3 shots in less than a 1/10 of a second should not receive the full +3 for ailed shots.

Personally, I go around this by creating a "pulse" weapon with three barrels. All three fire simultaneously with the pull of a single trigger. Laser, Particle cannon, ion beam, plasma ejector (aka: the bucking bronco!)...

Borast wrote:Maybe the gun "shimmies" when you fire on pulse...

maybe, the Eclips have an off centre weight so you have a sort of rumble pack to add realism to the guns sound effects package. lasers being silent that is.