Talk:Weapons

Just reading through most of the equipment entries in sequence, I must say we've gathered some very good information over the years. There's always work to be done, of course, but I thought I'd mention some to-do's that just occured to me that need looking into at some time in the near future.

• Standardisation of the individual weapon subsection layouts - suggestions welcome. It's rather inconsistent at the moment.
• Improvement of weapon stat display. I was thinking, perhaps a template would be handy in this respect? Perhaps two or three varieties such as for items that don't need the different firing stats. Sort of like what I did for the base display kit template, only less complex.
• Some descriptions of weapons need work on - although I must admit I quite like the extremely short description for the High Explosive. Short and sweet. It conveys so much!
• There are some universal notes in the various sections that could use a section on their own. Like the tips for the rocket launcher usage or the notes on the special qualities of the basic pistol and the idiosyncrasy involved in pistol armament in UFO. Lots of little interesting things like this that deserve a place of their own rather than being tucked away in all the pages.

- NKF

Here's my suggestion for a standardized template, starting from the top of a page.

Blurb

Auto-generated Table of Contents

General Description

Recommendation

Weapon Statistics

Size

Weight

TUs

Auto(Auto Accuracy) (If applicable)

Snap(Snap Accuracy)

Aimed(Aimed Accuracy)

Purchase/Manufacturing Cost

Sale Price

Ammo Statistics(If applicable)

Power

Ammo

Size

Weight

Purchase/Manufacture Cost

Sale Price

Continuous Fire Rate

Tips And Tricks

Anything else(Grenade Relay, Pistol distribution notes, Blaster Bomb Safe Practice section, etc.)

Suggestions? Comments? Approvals? Arrow Quivershaft 11:47, 13 September 2007 (PDT)

Quick Overview Table

It's ugly, too ugly for the article IMO. But after all that work I want to put it *somewhere*. So here it is.

Weapon	Damage	Accuracy	TUs	Rounds per Clip
Pistol	26	60/-/78	18/-/30	12
Rifle	30	60/35/110	25/35/80	20
Laser Pistol	46	40/28/68	20/25/55	∞
Laser Rifle	60	65/46/100	25/34/50	∞
Heavy Laser	85	50/-/84	33/-/75	∞
Plasma Pistol	52	65/50/85	30/30/60	26
Plasma Rifle	80	86/55/100	30/36/60	28
Heavy Plasma	115	75/50/110	30/35/60	35
Heavy Cannon	56 AP 52 HE 60 In	60/-/90	33/-/80	6
Auto Cannon	42 AP 44HE 48 In	56/32/82	33/40/80	14
Rocket Launcher	75 HE 100HE 90 In	55/-/115	45/-/75	1
Small Launcher	90 Stun	65/-/110	40/-/75	1
Blaster Launcher	200 HE	-/-/120	-/-/80	1

--Schnobs 13:50, 25 October 2007 (PDT)