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gunner stamina and gun buffs

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BlackenedPies:
Using all of the gunner stamina reduces a reload by 1.6 seconds. This isn't much compared to the dps bonus of a buffed gun.

To make gunners competitive against buff engi the reload bonus should be at least 50% (vs 25%). This means you could reduce a reload by 3.2 seconds.

Second suggestion: increase time required to buff a gun and increase buff duration. Gunners can have their gun buffed for longer and engi must prioritize more. Ex 10s buff 30s duration

Daft Loon:
I'm all for putting this into testing.

I can see it making pre-buffing more powerful but also making gun disables a real pain for a buff engi, it might balance out in there somewhere.

If i calculated it right 3.2 seconds reduces the full fire+reload cycle duration on a hwacha to about 80%(standard ammo) making a 25% dps boost. (less when accounting for stamina running out)

ZnC:
I'm not sure where you got the 1.6 seconds from, but gunner stamina reduces reload time by 25%. Using all of it will give you about 3.2 seconds on the Hwacha, like Daft mentioned.

Although Gunners would be used slightly more with stamina now, I think it still boils down to ship choice and pilot's preference.

BlackenedPies:
Gunner stamina lasts about 6.5 seconds. Hwatcha reload with full stamina is about 12.4 seconds.

Increasing the reload bonus from 25 to 50% would increase hwatcha dps from +9% to +18% (with burst ammo). This seems fair to me considering reload bonus is temporary compared to the consistent +20% damage of buff.

The temporary reload bonus is insignificant compared to a real damage boost. The most significant effect of gunner stamina is the arc boosts. The sound of stamina reload makes it sound fast but it's not- 1.6 seconds isn't much.

ZnC:
Ah, I see now. Forget what I said in my previous post, it does reduce it by about 2 seconds.

Back to the topic - I think it is worth mentioning that you can have your buff-gineer buff your gun while you use gunner stamina to multiply your DPS.

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