BLP

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BLP is an alternative type of weapon to other types such as laser. It is characterised by features such as a lower ammo burn and higher decay, while making up for these shortcomings via generally having a faster damager per second.

1 Skilling
2 Decay
3 BLP Rifles / Carbines
4 BLP Pistols
5 See Also

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Skilling

This is the biggest, and therefore forefront problem with BLP. Most players will spend a few ped and purchase an Outbacko to start, which as we all know is a laser carbine. So they start their skilling, working up the damages. At about the right level for 30 damage weapons, they search around for a 30-35 damage weapon. They see Hero's, Freedoms, MK1's, all good solid, mediocre dmg/pec weapons. And then what do they see? A VAT-100, and AS-97.

Both of these BLP weapons are the lowest! BLP rifles. So instead of aiming for an 8 dmg BLP weapon, they have to settle for a 30-40 dmg one.

Now, any knowledgable player would know that this is not feasible to start with. Therefore the balance is shifted to laser weapons, and at the time they come to BLP weapons they have 2000+ LWT and there is no point switching.

This is the way MindArk want it, they want BLP to be a choice that will COST the player at the start. This and other factors is why BLP is referred to as Evil.

However, thankfully, now that skill-sales are an option, skilling with an outbacko and then selling the LWT gained, is a possible option. In fact, the sale of the LWT may even allow profit and therefore purchase of some extra BLPWT. This is a good workaround, and it does eliminate one of the major problems with BLP.

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Decay

Ahh decay. Another massive problem for BLP. You will hear stories from many people, saying how 'Oh, that weapon was brilliant.. but i cant handle the decay'.

Why cant these people handle the decay? Because they can't adapt. Entropia Universe's key statistics are Damage per PEC and Damage per second. Here, decay contributes to the Dmg/PEC of a weapon. So for example, your outbacko may take 2 burn, and deal 8 damage, but it still decays a small amount (0.01 pec / shot or something similar). Therefore, its total Dmg/pec reduces from 8/2 = 4 to 8/2.01 = 3.98. Not such a great deal.

However, BLP weapons are much more mechanical, therefore they decay more. However, the dmg/pec is still similar: a gun may have 12 damage, and 1 ammoburn. Brilliant! you think. 12dmg/pec! However, if it is BLP, it will likely have 2.01 decay aswell, making the total dmg/pec 3.98 again.

Decay is NOT a worry when looked at in this sense. It is just another addition to the calculation (which may make it harder for some people, but if you think about it, its pretty simple).

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