Assault
Character	Roland
Type	Constant Boost
Tier	Third
Maximum Points	5
Skill Tree	Infantry
Minimum Level	16

Contents 1 Assault 2 Effects 3 Usefulness 4 Notes

Assault Edit

Assault is a Tier Three talent in Roland's Infantry tree.  Each point increases magazine size and reduces recoil with Combat Rifles.

EffectsEdit

Increases Magazine Size and reduces Recoil with Combat Rifles.

+(9...45)% Magazine Size and Recoil Reduction

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Magazine Size and Recoil Reduction	9	18	27	36	45	54	63	72	81

Ranks beyond 5 may be acquired through the use of class mods.

Usefulness Edit

While not necessarily a bad skill to have, Assault suffers from competition: It increases the ammo capacity of Combat Rifles, but less so than Overload, which does it for all weapons. Furthermore, the Recoil Reduction tends to pale in comparison to the potential +150% from proficiencies, and the potential +195% from a Rifleman class mod. Finally, for a skill dedicated to Combat Rifles, Assault doesn't even increase their damage.

If the player is able to find a good Combat Rifle early game, then Assault can be an extremely interesting skill to have. However, by late game putting points into it will feel like they are wasted.

NotesEdit

• This ability stacks with Overload to increase magazine size.
• Because the magazine size increase is percentage based, combat rifles with smaller ammo capacity are still more greatly affected as a rule. Increased ammo capacity increases fire time/overall time. Let's assume Gun A can fire for 4 seconds before reloading, which takes 1 second. The ratio here is 4/5ths. Doubling capacity we would then have 8/9ths. Gun B can fire for 2 seconds before reloading and also takes the same amount of time to reload (1 second). The ratio here is 2/3rds. Doubling capacity gives you 4/5ths. Going from 2/3rds to 4/5ths is a 20% increase, while from 4/5ths to 8/9ths is an 11% increase. Thus rifles with a poorer fire time to reload time ratio are more greatly affected.