NC guns aren't 40% better.
Someone posted the raw damage numbers on Reddit not too long ago.
Here's the post by Nezgar:
Here is the final summary of all the data that I was able to get my hands onto. Please remember that most of those values are rough at best and might contain some errors at rounding. They will, however, provide some general basics that should end most of the speculations...
The mentioned Weapons are: NC: Gauss Rifle, AF-19 Merc, Gauss SAW TR: T1 Cycler, TRAC-5, T9 Carv VS: Pulsar VS1, Pulsar Compact, Orion
Accuracy
NC Assault Rifle: 29.9629% TR Assault Rifle: 29.2134% VS Assault Rifle: 29.4579%
NC Carbine: 30.6946% TR Carbine: 29.4575% VS Carbine: 29.8943%
NC LMG: 24.0507% TR LMG: 24.6082% VS LMG: 24.8786%
Damage per Round
NC Assault Rifle: 5,7 TR Assault Rifle: 5,0 (-12,3%) VS Assault Rifle: 5,0 (-12,3%)
NC Carbine: 5,7 TR Carbine: 5,0 (-12,3%) VS Carbine: 5,0 (-12,3%)
NC LMG: 6,9 TR LMG: 5,0 (-27,5%) VS LMG: 5,0 (-27,5%)
Rate of Fire
NC Assault Rifle: 10,3 RPS TR Assault Rifle: 13,3 RPS (+29,1%) VS Assault Rifle: 11,5 RPS (+11,6%)
NC Carbine: 10,0 RPS TR Carbine: 12,5 RPS (+25,0%) VS Carbine: 11,1 RPS (+11,0%)
NC LMG: 9,17 RPS TR LMG: 13,3 RPS (+45,0%) VS LMG: 12,5 RPS (+36,3%)
Raw DPS
NC Assault Rifle: 58,7 TR Assault Rifle: 66,5 (+13,3%) VS Assault Rifle: 57,5 (-2,1%)
NC Carbine: 57,0 TR Carbine: 62,5 (+9,6%) VS Carbine: 55,5 (-2,6%)
NC LMG: 63,68 TR LMG: 66,67 (+4,7%) VS LMG: 62,50 (-1,9%)
Modified DPS (DPS modified by Accuracy)
NC Assault Rifle: 17,58 TR Assault Rifle: 19,42 (+10,5%) VS Assault Rifle: 16,93 (-3,7%)
NC Carbine: 17,49 TR Carbine: 18,41 (+5,3%) VS Carbine: 16,59 (-5,1%)
NC LMG: 15,32 TR LMG: 16,40 (+7,0%) VS LMG: 15,54 (+1,4%)
Damage Degration over Distance (Vanu only)
Assault Rifle: Damage per Round at point blank: 5,0 Damage per Round at 50m: 4,24 (-15,2%) Damage per Round at 100m: 3,79 (-24,2%)
Carbine: Damage per Round at point blank: 5,0 Damage per Round at 50m: 3,9 (-22%) Damage per Round at 100m: 3,52 (-29,6%)
LMG: Damage per Round at point blank: 5,0 Damage per Round at 50m: 3,97 (-20,6%) Damage per Round at 100m: 3,84 (-23,2%)
All tests and maths were done unter the assumption that a Flash has 250 Hitpoints. Whether or not this is accurate (it should roughly be around 250 Hitpoints afaik), it does not influence the comparison between the guns which is all I am aiming for at the moment. Please also keep in mind that the accuracy data is slightly outdated. IIRC there were slight adjustements to the overall accuracy, horizontal recoil and bullet drop. Those changes should, however, not really influence the outcome of the tests. In case of too many doubts about the accuracy-data just refer to the raw dps instead.
This posts should be a guideline to everyone who struggles with the correct values when arguing in a thread about weapon balance and stuff like that. I am reaaaaaly tired of people pulling strange numbers out of thin air :/
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