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messyart on
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I'd have explained more, but had to fly off to the Job centre.
Right, the weapon tiers are explained simply by reputation.
Initially, your survivor will find it hard getting traders to part with guns that they KNOW will be better used on more experienced, better-known people.
Second tier covers a more.. Open stance on gun sales. The kind of kit cops might own. And a few special little odds and ends that scavengers might find without too much difficulty - or even make themselves.
Third tier is the heavy shit. Guns that traders will not pass on to people unless they KNOW they're not going to getting themselves killed.
Military tier weapons are for those either in the military, or those so well-known that the traders, and any squaddies with spares WILL want to be working with them.
The tiers fit the rules. It helps break it down, to delay access to the final, deadliest tier.
Like I said, if someone read the fluff, then the rules, or either the other way around, they would understand.
It's based on what scavengers and traders would allocate to those they serve.
When we say "civilian assault rifle"
imagine a weapon that's not been so lovingly kept as a soldier might keep his own. So it could well be the same type of gun, but the neglect and hell, maybe even gore splatters might make the weapon just a bit less effective than the military version.
The single handed SMG is just a way of saying "I have this SMG, but I'm going to risk wasting my ammo to use this other gun, too..." it hits less at the same distance.
It's basically the exact same gun, except it allows you to use two of them. That's all their is to it.
And don't you think adrenaline might be pumping readily if you were being constantly hounded by the dead?
Anyway, guns and melee are simple.
If someone fires a basic gun [an SMG held in two hands] they cannot charge into combat.
If someone fires to Sidearms [say, two single handed SMGs] they cannot charge into combat.
But if someone shoots only a single Sidearm, they CAN run in and fight.
but yes, like I said.
Military/ civilian is to divide between what basic survivors can have, compared to what would be considered veterans.
Mankinds first mistake; Questioning why those around him, are dying.