Charts: ESF nosegun damage over time

Discussion in 'PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion' started by SushiCW, May 14, 2014.

  1. SushiCW

    Chart images: http://imgur.com/a/rMsCq

    Data source and spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12qeBuB-_5SKfpwue_nwMp0XaW_VmpmW0WtSMclr8qBE/edit?usp=sharing

    Based on work done by others here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...5zV3NaU2JzU2FTV1daSW5rTnc&usp=drive_web#gid=5

    The easiest way to use the charts is to figure out how much damage you need to do to kill the target at a given accuracy level. For example, an ESF at 100% accuracy will take about 8000 damage, but at 50% accuracy you'd need to shoot out effectively twice that.
    So on the charts, if you want to find ESF TTK at 100% accuracy, look for the horizontal line corresponding to 8000. If you want ESF TTK at 50% accuracy, look for the line at 16000. And so on. There's a handy helper matrix in the spreadsheet to figure out how much "effective damage" you need to do to calculate TTK on the chart.

    It's also important to note that these charts don't tell the entire story, especially when comparing between factions. Stuff like the higher VS bullet velocity or NC's increased falloff range make a bigger difference than can be easily gleaned from this visualization.