VonBruinwald, on 07 March 2020 - 03:03 PM, said:
The lore puts their optimal 50% further than the Std. with damage drop off beyond that.
You're thinking of the "short" range bracket, not optimal. I'm defining optimal as the max range at which the weapon still does full damage. Usually this is the same as the "long" range but there are exceptions like the Snubber.
VonBruinwald, on 07 March 2020 - 03:03 PM, said:
Even if we're counting hexes it should be doing 5 damage at 450m, currently it does half of that. Never mind the extreme range brackets which PGI seems to use for every other weapon which means it should hit to 780m.
Taking the Snub to 540-780m wouldn't displace the Std. (Long range vs no minimum) and would be an acceptable middle ground.
That would totally replace the Std. The regular PPC isn't fast enough velocity-wise to be actually good beyond that distance, and even if that were remedied there's also the issue of most maps and situations just not allowing you to fully leverage that range. I'd rather take some ERLLs for extreme-range energy snipage.
The SNPPC's unique attribute is being the brawliest PPC, so any buffs to it should focus on making it brawlier (like heat or firing rate).