Rifle Builds - Ranger or Optimist?
I'll start by saying that enjoy playing mostly with rifles, so this conversation will be geared towards that.
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I have watched many build videos for rifles and there does not seem to be a consistent agreement on what the best weapon talent is (for pure damage). The two most common ones that I see thrown around are Ranger and Optimist.
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I decided to try and do math (yikes) to compare different range values with Ranger firing a full mag with Optimist.
\*This does not take into account anything else that affects damage percentages. I will be using 50000 as the weapon damage and a 20 round mag for these calculations.
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**Ranger**
|Meters|1-5|6-10|11-15|16-20|21-25|26-30|31-35|36-40|41-45|46-50|51-55|56-60| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |**DMG %**|2%|4%|6%|8%|10%|12%|14%|16%|18%|20%|22%|24%| |**Additional Damage**|1000|2000|3000|4000|5000|6000|7000|8000|9000|10000|11000|12000| |**Total Damage Per Shot**|51000|52000|53000|54000|55000|56000|57000|58000|59000|60000|61000|62000| |**Total Damage Per Mag**|1020000|1040000|1060000|1080000|1100000|1120000|1140000|1160000|1180000|1200000|1220000|1240000|
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**Optimist**
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|Ammo Remaining|20|18|16|14|12|10|8|6|4|2|| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |**DMG %**|0%|3%|6%|9%|12%|15%|18%|21%|24%|27%|| |**Additional Damage**|0|1500|3000|4500|6000|7500|9000|10500|12000|13500|| |**Total Damage Per Shot**|50000|51500|53000|54500|56000|57500|59000|60500|62000|63500|| |**Total Damage Per Mag**|||||||||||1135000|
\*Both of these only take into account that you are either shooting at the same distance the entire time and that you only reload after you fire all bullets in the mag.
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Based on this information, it would appear that I need to shoot from 31-35 meters to overcome the damage output from firing a full mag with Optimist. My question around this is how do I tell how far I am from my target? I pride myself on judging distances in the real world, but not so much in this game...
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Depending on playstyle, it would appear both seem very viable. What are your thoughts?
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Also, I see in some videos that they are putting Allegro on their rifles. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why? Does someone have an explanation for this? I also try to get either accuracy, stability, or handling on my rifles.
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Thanks for reading!