The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoSacrificing realism for game balancemedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down112
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minus-squareOhmsLawn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up116·1 month agoProbably better than going for ammo realism.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up102·1 month agoit costs two hundred thousand dollars to fire this gun… for twelve seconds.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 month agoRoughly $1 per bullet, roughly 20 rounds per second in the Predator movie, so only about $14,400 for 12 seconds minutes ($240 for 12 seconds). For $200k, you could shoot it for almost 3 minutes hours.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoWait, I don’t get it. 20 rounds per second for 12 seconds is 240 rounds, right? So at $1 per bullet, that’s $240, right? What am I missing?
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoI accidentally did the math for minutes instead of seconds. You’re right, it’s $20 per second, $240 for 12s.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month ago$400,000, actually. $200 custom tooled cartridges at 10,000 rounds per minute
minus-squarekayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·1 month ago“oops I ran out of money”
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoJust have to grind that min wage job simulator for 9-12 months for another go. Unless it’s got rent, transportation, healthcare, and food simulators in it too.
Probably better than going for ammo realism.
it costs two hundred thousand dollars to fire this gun… for twelve seconds.
Roughly $1 per bullet, roughly 20 rounds per second in the Predator movie, so only about $14,400 for 12
secondsminutes ($240 for 12 seconds). For $200k, you could shoot it for almost 3minuteshours.Wait, I don’t get it. 20 rounds per second for 12 seconds is 240 rounds, right? So at $1 per bullet, that’s $240, right?
What am I missing?
I accidentally did the math for minutes instead of seconds. You’re right, it’s $20 per second, $240 for 12s.
$400,000, actually. $200 custom tooled cartridges at 10,000 rounds per minute
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“oops I ran out of money”
Just have to grind that min wage job simulator for 9-12 months for another go.
Unless it’s got rent, transportation, healthcare, and food simulators in it too.