Why would a Gauss Rifle need a supressor?

[ninjajump]

It's a rail gun. Its magnetic. It doesnt use powder. The only sound generated should be from the electronics charging it and the sonic boom. neither of those can be mitigated by a supressor.

[insolent1]

so people can sneak snipe with the most overpowered single shot weapon in the game

[Foe]

Originally posted by Brew:

so people can sneak snipe with the most overpowered single shot weapon in the game

[WoogieMonsutā]

For the same reason that Laser weapons, essentially heated light emitters, are louder than a .45cal handgun.

[Hoilaiken]

I mean putting on a supressor really show how realistic this game is right? I even see cows and deathclaws floating in the sky! so realistic right ;)

[insolent1]

or codsworth with his hovering jet engines been more stealthy than a human

[Sigmar's Faithful]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2QqOvFMG_A

Because it's not silent

[Hoilaiken]

Originally posted by Sigmar's Faithful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2QqOvFMG_A

Because it's not silent

LISTEN TO HER PUR YOU CAN BARLY HEAR HER!!!!

[ninjajump]

Originally posted by Sigmar's Faithful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2QqOvFMG_A

Because it's not silent

I didnt say it was silent. but a "suppresor" supresses the sound of the powder going off in a bullet. If you need to silence the mechanics of a rail gun you build a sound proof casing. if you need to silence the sonic boom then you're just ♥♥♥♥ outa luck unless you're firing at subsonic speeds, in which case, problem solved...

Either way, sticking a supressor on the end does absolutely nothing.

[Hoilaiken]

Originally posted by ninjajump:

Originally posted by Sigmar's Faithful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2QqOvFMG_A

Because it's not silent

I didnt say it was silent. but a "suppresor" supresses the sound of the powder going off in a bullet. If you need to silence the mechanics of a rail gun you build a sound proof casing. if you need to silence the sonic boom then you're just ♥♥♥♥ outa luck unless you're firing at subsonic speeds, in which case, problem solved...

Either way, sticking a supressor on the end does absolutely nothing.

Hey 1950s technology is way different than what it is now (yes its 2077 tech but i still see 1950s)

[Sigmar's Faithful]

Well the railgun is already encased, the sound comes from the air being quickly compressed and released in the chamber, not unlike a normal gun.

Besides, it's still not the sound of the mechanism, the sound of the mechanism would be this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx7RuVIYyq4

The suppressor silences the decompressing air in the chamber.

[paugus]

Originally posted by ninjajump:

I didnt say it was silent. but a "suppresor" supresses the sound of the powder going off in a bullet.

To be more technically accurate, a suppressor helps diffuse the propellant gas by feeding it into a series of little chambers rather than letting it all blast out of the barrel. Sound waves travel through a physical medium (air/gas), so in theory, anything that helps to diffuse the air/gas expelled from the end of a railgun would also help diffuse the resulting report.

But if you want my actual reasoning, it's that no one at Bethesda has ever seen a real gun in their life.

[Nite69]

You can get a suppressor for a shotgun too, it doesn't make sense on that weapon either.

[okain]

Originally posted by Sigmar's Faithful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2QqOvFMG_A

Because it's not silent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdZo_keUoEs

[Silent J]

Originally posted by paugus:

Originally posted by ninjajump:

I didnt say it was silent. but a "suppresor" supresses the sound of the powder going off in a bullet.

To be more technically accurate, a suppressor helps diffuse the propellant gas by feeding it into a series of little chambers rather than letting it all blast out of the barrel. Sound waves travel through a physical medium (air/gas), so in theory, anything that helps to diffuse the air/gas expelled from the end of a railgun would also help diffuse the resulting report.

But if you want my actual reasoning, it's that no one at Bethesda has ever seen a real gun in their life.

This.

[okain]

i love to see a nerfgun rail gun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdZo_keUoEs