What are balistic weapons?

[Fitcher]

What defines a weapon as a balistic weapon?

[Heropants]

I'm pretty sure it's weapons that use bullets. So not plasma or lasers.

[Jacob]

im gonna guess it means weapons that shoot a physical projectile. (bullets and cannonballs) nothing that explodes

[VisionHawk]

Any projectilie weapon that does not use energy

[Fitcher]

Ahh that makes sense, i didnt relize that weapons had categories like that too.
thanks for the info

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Fitcher:

What defines a weapon as a balistic weapon?

Ordinary firearms?

[Lora Grim]

Things that spit lead.

[Incunabulum]

Originally posted by Fitcher:

What defines a weapon as a balistic weapon?

Funnily enough, the very thing that defines a ballistic weapon is the very thing Fo4's ballistic weapons don't have. The projectiles *do not take ballistic paths as they would IRL* - they're all hitscan weapons.

In any case - ballistic weapons are any weapn that uses a 'bullet' rather than an 'energy beam or bolt or pulse or whaterver'.

Lasers, Plasma, Alien - energy weapons.

10 mm pistol, assault rifle, minigun - ballistic.

[OldFatGuy]

Pretty sure melee weapons are ballistic weapons to, as far as Fallout 4 is concerned. In other words, if you have armor with ballistic defense of 20, it provides 20 defense against guns that shoot bullets AND melee weapons.

[Dave1029]

The Gauss Rifle is also ballistic.

[Lora Grim]

Originally posted by Dave1029:

The Gauss Rifle is also ballistic.

Huh.. didn't know this. Also, gauss rifles exist. Not a practical gun, though.

[ghpstage]

Originally posted by Incunabulum:

Originally posted by Fitcher:

What defines a weapon as a balistic weapon?

Lasers, Plasma, Alien - energy weapons.

Plasma is half energy, half ballistic.

[Dradio1]

To restate earlier points, a ballistic weapon uses some form of projectile that applies physical force via a ballistic path, where energy weapons rely on forms of radiation to deal more indirect damage, typically in the form of huge temperatures.

[Procrastinating Gamer]

Originally posted by Lora Grim:

Originally posted by Dave1029:

The Gauss Rifle is also ballistic.

Huh.. didn't know this. Also, gauss rifles exist. Not a practical gun, though.

That's why gauss rifle ammo is labelled as 2mm - the higher the velocity, the smaller projectile you need.

And while a gauss rifle (or coilgun as they're also known) may not be practical, the US Navy's been doing a lot of research into its "sibling" weapon, the railgun (gauss rifles and coilguns use magnetic coils to propel the slug, railguns use magnetic rails - same principles involved, different design considerations).

[Incunabulum]

Originally posted by Shadow88:

Originally posted by Lora Grim:

Huh.. didn't know this. Also, gauss rifles exist. Not a practical gun, though.

That's why gauss rifle ammo is labelled as 2mm - the higher the velocity, the smaller projectile you need.

And while a gauss rifle (or coilgun as they're also known) may not be practical, the US Navy's been doing a lot of research into its "sibling" weapon, the railgun (gauss rifles and coilguns use magnetic coils to propel the slug, railguns use magnetic rails - same principles involved, different design considerations).

Electric rails, not magnetic.

[Procrastinating Gamer]

Originally posted by Incunabulum:

Originally posted by Shadow88:

That's why gauss rifle ammo is labelled as 2mm - the higher the velocity, the smaller projectile you need.

And while a gauss rifle (or coilgun as they're also known) may not be practical, the US Navy's been doing a lot of research into its "sibling" weapon, the railgun (gauss rifles and coilguns use magnetic coils to propel the slug, railguns use magnetic rails - same principles involved, different design considerations).

Electric rails, not magnetic.

Still uses electromagnetism to fire the slug, though, right? Or has it been way too long since I read the differences between the two?