I propose to
show the amount of damage a weapon does: as a tooltip over the weapon:
- in the inventory
- at the tech-page
and provide additional info:
- type of damage
- range
- accuracy/spreading
- ammo usage
Thats why:
- There is no info available (forum, wiki, ingame) what a weapon is used for and no option to compare them
- Weapons are expensive to learn and to build. Now, I have to guess, what weapon suits me best
- In Short: choosing the next weapon can be frustraiting
- Feature should be easy to implement
Till those stats are provided by the Core, I'd suggest to install the CNEI mod which at least offers some of the information.
http://forums.atomictorch.com/index.php?topic=1108.0 (http://forums.atomictorch.com/index.php?topic=1108.0)
@mav: Thank you for your reply. I have installed the mod - it is great!
But I think, these features should be integrated into the (vanilla) game - or the mod should be bundled with the game client.
It's a problem to display this information in a clear way. For example, weapon damage depends on the ammo properties (if has ammo) but the weapon itself could also have a damage multiplier. And ammo has quite complicated propertiesΓÇöwhile armor penetration % will not confuse many players, it could also have several damage types (each with its own damage value) and also a final damage multiplier (which will confuse many). The damage formula is also quite complicated.
So we're considering how to implement the detailed tooltips in a non-confusing way. I wish it was easier! ;)
CNEI mod is definitely helpful to better understand these properties, but it's getting confusing quickly as there is no explanation of how the damage is actually calculated.
Regards!
@ai_enabled: Thank you, for your explanation. I understand that the complete damage- or protection formula is too much details and hard to understand. Other games do not provide such either. But i think most of the players would agree:
There sohuld be a possibility to estimate the damage type and amount a weapon does.
Idea: This can be for instance a "star-rating" or "percent-bar" or a "damage per second" comparison value. These values dont have to be exact - it would be sufficient if they achieve a comparison.
I am looking forward to see such a feature :)