Apollyon
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@Ecclessey
So I am not setting this up because of a report but so we can discuss something publicly really fast. (This thread has gone extremely smoothly and I am really enjoying it so far!) So, in our last posting round Ruin deflected the first bolt you sent his way, the snowstorm intensified to near blinding standards, Ruin moved to his right (your character's left), and then performed a lightsaber throw to impale the legs of your character. In your post, DeWitt moves forward, fires five shots towards HIS right and then towards HIS left, then the deflected blaster bolt hits him in the chest as he is walking forward.
What I wanted to discuss is the firing rate on semi automatic blaster pistols in Star Wars and look at them in comparison to real life pistols. There are some pistols that are developed in the future (compared to our timeline) that have a rate of fire that would be considered on par with our semi automatic firing rate (Jango Fett's Westar-35 blaster pistols.) However, I asked about for opinions to be gathered about the topic (not rulings) and from what I have gathered, a five shot volley at a blaster's PEAK firing rate would take ABOUT three seconds as their cycling rate isn't as fast as our firing rate is in real life.
As your character is firing towards his right, then towards his left (where Ruin is), I don't think that actually interrupts or negates my post. I agree that the change in your character's positioning would cause the lightsaber throw to miss but I don't think it would stop the hilt from returning to Ruin outright. To compound another fact, I think the blaster bolt deflected would return to DeWitt between his second and third or third and fourth shot in his initial volley. This is due to our relative positioning which is roughly twenty meters per my last post, so at a travel time of 35 meters per second it would reach DeWitt in roughly a second.
This by no means counters your post but this is just what I have gathered from opinions of others and my own. Again, I asked for no rulings or anything, I just wanted to discuss these things with you and see your opinion(s) and develop something we can both agree upon!
So I am not setting this up because of a report but so we can discuss something publicly really fast. (This thread has gone extremely smoothly and I am really enjoying it so far!) So, in our last posting round Ruin deflected the first bolt you sent his way, the snowstorm intensified to near blinding standards, Ruin moved to his right (your character's left), and then performed a lightsaber throw to impale the legs of your character. In your post, DeWitt moves forward, fires five shots towards HIS right and then towards HIS left, then the deflected blaster bolt hits him in the chest as he is walking forward.
What I wanted to discuss is the firing rate on semi automatic blaster pistols in Star Wars and look at them in comparison to real life pistols. There are some pistols that are developed in the future (compared to our timeline) that have a rate of fire that would be considered on par with our semi automatic firing rate (Jango Fett's Westar-35 blaster pistols.) However, I asked about for opinions to be gathered about the topic (not rulings) and from what I have gathered, a five shot volley at a blaster's PEAK firing rate would take ABOUT three seconds as their cycling rate isn't as fast as our firing rate is in real life.
As your character is firing towards his right, then towards his left (where Ruin is), I don't think that actually interrupts or negates my post. I agree that the change in your character's positioning would cause the lightsaber throw to miss but I don't think it would stop the hilt from returning to Ruin outright. To compound another fact, I think the blaster bolt deflected would return to DeWitt between his second and third or third and fourth shot in his initial volley. This is due to our relative positioning which is roughly twenty meters per my last post, so at a travel time of 35 meters per second it would reach DeWitt in roughly a second.
This by no means counters your post but this is just what I have gathered from opinions of others and my own. Again, I asked for no rulings or anything, I just wanted to discuss these things with you and see your opinion(s) and develop something we can both agree upon!