Ballistics

Ballistics
"Centuries of conflict have proven that when it comes to threat elimination, few things stack up to the reliable power of combustion."
Skill Tree	Combat
Skill Tier	Novice (1)
Primary Utility	Ground Combat
Secondary Utilities	?
Related Backgrounds	Beast Hunter, Soldier, [FILE NOT FOUND]

Ballistics is a Novice Combat Skill. It increases the damage dealt by the Spacefarer's ballistic weapons.

Ranks

Rank	Challenge	Bonuses
1	Kill 20 Enemies with a Ballistic Weapon.	Ballistic weapons do 10% more damage.
2	Kill 50 Enemies with a Ballistic Weapon.	Ballistic weapons do 20% more damage.
3	Kill 250 enemies with a Ballistic Weapon.	Ballistic weapons do 30% more damage.
4	N/A	Ballistic weapons range is increased by 30%.

Progression and Strategy

Ballistics is straightforward to level, and doesn't require much from the player to complete the challenges outside normal gameplay. However, getting all the kills required may take time.

Ballistics is a nice all-rounder skill that improves damage output in ground combat without over-committing to anything. Its only limitation is that it does not boost energy weapons or explosives. A min-max oriented player may choose to focus on energy weapons instead and go for Lasers to conserve skill points. Other than that, Ballistics will almost always be useful. There are stronger bonuses out there, but Ballistics is available immediately and is not a one-trick pony. It's hard to go wrong with Ballistics.

Ballistics partners well with most other combat skills.

Notes

The image shown is the Level 4 variant of the skill.