Weapon Analysis

This section is intended as a place to collate articles or discussions where the merits of the various weapons are gauged or compared.

The scope of the articles can span between UFO and TFTD and can cover any weapons in either game. This includes craft/UFO weapons, hand held weapons or tank turrets/terror unit weapons.

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Weapon Debates

UFO

•Best Starting Weapons (EU)

•Skipping Laser Weapons

•Skipping Plasma Weapons

•Rifle vs Pistol

•Rifle vs Laser Pistol

•Heavy Cannon vs Laser Pistol

•Heavy Cannon vs Auto Cannon

•Laser Rifle vs Heavy Plasma

•Heavy Laser vs Heavy Plasma

•Heavy Laser vs Heavy Cannon

TFTD

•Best Starting Weapons (TFTD)

•Skipping Gauss Weapons

•Skipping Sonic Weapons

•Sonic Pistol vs Heavy Gauss

•Sonic Pistol vs Sonic Blasta Rifle

•Sonic Cannon vs Displacer/Sonic

•Gas Cannon vs Torpedo Launcher

General or Cross Game Discussions

•Recommended Weapon Research Order

•HE vs single target weapons

•Heavy Cannon vs Gas Cannon

•Auto Cannon vs Hydro-Jet Cannon

•Heavy Plasma vs Sonic Cannon

•Pistol vs Dart Gun

Quantitative Analysis

Accuracy

• User_talk:Bomb_Bloke#Firing_Accuracy
• Firing Accuracy Testing

Firepower

• Firepower Tables
• File:Firepower.xls
• Avg TUs per Kill Rankings, vs Targets (using this kill model)
  • Sectoid
  • Floater
  • Cyberdisc
  • Reaper
  • Muton
  • Celatid
  • Silacoid
  • Snakeman
  • Chryssalid
  • Zombie
  • Ethereal
  • Sectopod
• Kill Rankings for Tanks

Other Discussions

• Accuracy vs TU Efficiency
• Talk:Launcher Weapons
• Aimed, Snap, or Auto?

Disclaimer

Though Ufopaedia.org attempts to be factual in its core articles (note that some artistic license may be taken in the non-essential descriptions to add flavour), the cases presented on this page are the opinions of the author(s).

Care has been taken to provide facts and statistics where ever appropriate to back the arguments, but it is up to the reader to decide how to use make use of this information.