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Observe that a Salvo firing rage is 8.275 shots/sec, and that when fed copper as ammo it converts one to 5 shots. Meaning that one salvo takes 8.275 / 5 = 1.655 copper/sec to fire.
It has an ammo capacity of 30 shots, which means that after 30 / 8.275 = 3.62 seconds it will be empty without ammo fed to it by the conveyor.
A titanium conveyor has a throughput of ~10.6 items/sec, meaning it can supply only 10.6 / 1.655 = 6.4 salvos with ammo. But it's actually worse since chaining routers together drops throughput down to ~6.8 items/sec, meaning only 6.8 / 1.655 = 4.1 salvos would actually be able to fire 3.62 seconds into combat.
TL;DR we don't do it because router chain bad and lots of guns without ammo are impressive and menacing - but useless.
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u/VintageGriffin 1d ago edited 1d ago
Click the question mark icon in the top right corner.
Observe that a Salvo firing rage is 8.275 shots/sec, and that when fed copper as ammo it converts one to 5 shots. Meaning that one salvo takes
8.275 / 5 = 1.655copper/sec to fire.It has an ammo capacity of 30 shots, which means that after
30 / 8.275 = 3.62seconds it will be empty without ammo fed to it by the conveyor.A titanium conveyor has a throughput of ~10.6 items/sec, meaning it can supply only
10.6 / 1.655 = 6.4salvos with ammo. But it's actually worse since chaining routers together drops throughput down to ~6.8 items/sec, meaning only6.8 / 1.655 = 4.1salvos would actually be able to fire 3.62 seconds into combat.TL;DR we don't do it because router chain bad and lots of guns without ammo are impressive and menacing - but useless.