Talk:Synoid Gammacor/@comment-12299211-20141202222119/@comment-81.91.3.6-20141205151645

Firerate affects the ammo consumption rate on a continuous weapon just like on any weapon, but regardless of the fire rate the damage dealt is still always done on the same intervals (immediately upon firing and then every 0.3 seconds after that). It does affect your DPS and all though. It's easier to explain with examples:

Example continuous weapon 1:

100 damage

1 RoF

= 100 DPS, but only consumes 1 ammo per second. Regardless of a RoF of 1, damage is dealt at first triggerpull and then every 0,3 seconds after that.

Example continuous weapon 2:

10 damage

10 RoF

= Also 100 DPS, but consumes 10 ammo per second. Regardless of a RoF of 10, damage is dealt at first triggerpull and then every 0,3 seconds after that.

In general, a lower rate of fire is a GOOD thing for continuous weapons, because then their damage is (often) higher, which means good DPS and good ammo efficiency. So, Synoid Gammacor has great DPS AND great ammo efficiency.