{steam, comp} Pistol related questions

Hi all,

I'm trying my luck at the steam competition and have some Pistol
related questions.. First of all I've bought a pistole that holds 8
shots from the gunshop. Now my 'C' screen sais that I do 8 shots/turn.
However the monsters seem to walk a lot faster than that. However they
also seem to walk slower than 1 shot/turn. So how many do I acutually
get?

Further, I've increased the pistol related skills several times and am
supposed to get toHit bonus when using pistols, but those aren't
visible in the 'C' screen. Is that supposed to happen?

Last, I've just been able to buy a pistol ammu generator for 3500 in
the black market *yeah*. However I could not activate it once withing
400 tries. I have the device skill up to 5 only. DO I need more there,
or some points into that Utility Bandolier or even somewhere else...

On 2008-01-30 19:23:20, Matthias <MatthiasNOSPAMRudolf RemoveThis @googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying my luck at the steam competition and have some Pistol
> related questions.. First of all I've bought a pistole that holds 8
> shots from the gunshop. Now my 'C' screen sais that I do 8 shots/turn.
> However the monsters seem to walk a lot faster than that. However they
> also seem to walk slower than 1 shot/turn. So how many do I acutually
> get?

You get approx 8 shots per 100 energy. It's actually a bit less, each shot takes
100/8 + randint(30) energy or so. (This is from memory, my computer died and
I'm at work).

> Further, I've increased the pistol related skills several times and am
> supposed to get toHit bonus when using pistols, but those aren't
> visible in the 'C' screen. Is that supposed to happen?

They affect your base chance to hit. They affect it quite a bit iirc, but
because it's the base, it's not displayed numerically. it *should* be displayed
in the verbal representation of your shooting skill. (First Rate, Excellent,
etc.)

> Last, I've just been able to buy a pistol ammu generator for 3500 in
> the black market *yeah*. However I could not activate it once withing
> 400 tries. I have the device skill up to 5 only. DO I need more there,
> or some points into that Utility Bandolier or even somewhere else...

A scroll of *id* will display the success chance. It's quite low. With the
ammunition generation devices, you often need to unlock the advanced use device
skill. It often depends on your race and class. But yes, in any case, you need
more than five points.

Utility bandolier is a seperate skill that allows you to use powers (and
upgrades the effectiveness of those powers) in the utility bandolier item
*only*.
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