Talk:Ammo/@comment-5840435-20130228042504

There's been some confusion about soft point ammo doing less damage at minimum range. So for  just about every weapon, maximum damage is at 10m. With softpoint ammo this is increased to 15m.

Now here's where people get confused. Some people seem to think that at a weapons minimum damage range with soft point ammo you will do less damage. This is not the case apparently. The only downside to having soft point ammo is slower bullet velocity, which increases bullet drop BECAUSE of going at slower speeds. Please note that the bullets actual bullet drop value itself should not change with soft point ammo, just the velocity which can affect bullet drop.

Now one thing which I haven't been able to find out yet, is whether or not softpoint ammo increases the distance at which minimum damage occurs to balance out the increase maximum damage.

So a weapon does 143@10m without softpoint ammo, and 143@15m with softpoint ammo. Without soft point ammo it does 112@65m, but as I've already said that softpoint ammo DOES NOT decrease weapon damage at minimum damage range, does it instead increase the distance of minimum damage?. So instead of 112@65m it does 112@60m. This is still something I'm trying to verify. If I find an answer I'll update where necessary :)

But to backup what I'm saying here is a post from one of SOE's devs about softpoint ammo. http://brinx.it/9LT

You can use WarpathWrel's video in the listed videos(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzSSnK5ovqU&list=UUdG9PVHAAQrwekvEjCxMlwg) on Softpoint ammo to see that there is NO damage reduction at minimum damage range when using softpoint ammo.

Here's a link to the spreadsheet showing gun values: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AuOojvNLMApVdEtIU1NKenEzNzZOSWNaanFqSUVxLWc&f=true&noheader=true&gid=12

If you're interested in seeing how much bullet drop you can expect to get when using softpoint ammo at range you can refer to DaftMedic's video(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQIoOG4qSeQ)