The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoSacrificing realism for game balancemedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down112
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minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up102·18 days agoit costs two hundred thousand dollars to fire this gun… for twelve seconds.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-217 days 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-up8·18 days 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-up7·18 days 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-up6·17 days ago$400,000, actually. $200 custom tooled cartridges at 10,000 rounds per minute
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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