I have used this weapon at Tier 7-8 since that stipulation was put on the wiki, both in SAINT operative Mindy roleplay (my designated marksman characters use it) and in standard Uchuugun roleplay. I choose it for one of the Kirie's two shoulder hardpoint weapon slots because it is Tier 7-8 because it is one of the only Kirie-compatible accessories that is heavy enough to make sense, in combination with a Gauss Cannon, to give my loadout a damage source variation (physical ballistic damage vs aetheric energy damage).The conversion from DRv2 to 3 was imperfect but supports the conversion of this weapon to T7-8, Light to Medium Anti-mecha, however the only other weapon that can do this is the 50 and 20mm gauss cannon which tops out at T7. Having been described as "compact" we can draw the conclusion that it's per-shot damage cannot possibly be the same as a big gun like the 50mm gauss bazooka.
It isn't power creep. This weapon has been DRv3 "Tier 7-8" since a 2019 revision of the article and was DRv2 ADR 4, which converts to that Tier 7-8 under the conversion guidelines. Since it was created in YE 30 (irl year 2007), the Aether Pulse Cannon has been a high powered weapon. This isn't some new development increasing the power of weapons over the years. It has been powerful since the start in 2007.Raz, if the power creep continues it’s going to get worse and worse and worse.
That's not the case at all. Look at this, from the DRv3 page:As part of the Mindy Accessories updates I've spotted this one that seems to suffer from the classic usage of the word mecha on SARP. Mecha at one time referred to what is now called Power Armor.
As we can see here, the damage interval is drastically different causing the afore mentioned chart to be described as "rough". Further advision:Damage Per Interval
SADRv2 had values like PDR/ADR/SDR calculate the damage potential a weapon could output under 10 seconds, so it tried to abstractly take rate-of-fire into account.
Weapon lethality under SADRv3 is counted “per-use”, or “per-shot”. Unless we deal with very slow-firing weapons, the rough conversion offered above is indeed 'rough'.
This is a rapid-fire weapon, and therefore is not dealing T7-8 per shot. It is doing so over the course of 10 seconds of sustained fire to a single spot.Converting from SADRv2
The “rough and dirty” heading above can(not will) help, but the spirit of converting weapons into SADRv3 was first meant to encourage it looking dramatic, cinematic.
With this said, if a weapon was made to cause damage to a light armor (Tier 4) on multiple hits, it should not be considered a light anti-armor (Tier 4) weapon. While the weapon can be described as being used to assault such targets, when it comes to the tier the author should, depending on the intended effect of the weapon, consider whether the weapon will prove lethal on a single hit for a heavy personnel (Tier 3) or medium personnel (Tier 2) target and label it as such.
To give an example, the Light Armor Service Rifle was designed for use near friendly assets where the potential collateral damage of more powerful weapons was not desired. As such, while it has frequently been employed in an anti-armor role the weapon can be better thought of as a heavy anti-personnel (Tier 3) weapon, as a single shot to a vital area - such as the head or torso - is likely to incapacitate such a target (or penetrate Mishhuvurthyar carapace), but would take longer to chew through power armor.
That means you can take up a paint brush and establish for me what this weapon is and feels like, beyond just the numbers on the page.
And then this is my favorite piece of dialogue of hers that is supported by her aether shoulder cannon:The Aetheric Pulse Cannon mounted to her armor's right shoulder sprayed out a hail of vibrant pink energy darts, joined by additional pulses of white hot aether machine gun fire from her Forearm Weapons — both held out forward behind balled fists to blanket the corridor with cleansing death — to track and kill as much of the seeker swarm as possible.
"Once we see our foes, take them out one-by-one in a deliberate elimination pattern," Aiko said, readying the two cannons mounted to her Thought Armor's shoulder hardpoints so that they pointed forward toward whatever awaited them. "Those Mishhuvurthyar will look up at us with fading eyes by the time they realize their doom."
It's for the Mindy, but the Thought Armors can use all Mindy accessories because they lack many of their own.Nobody told me this went on a Thought Armor. I thought I was commenting on Mindy II shoulder weapons. x_x
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