Force Point Drain

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Mechanics 3 Table of Drains 4 Notes

Introduction

Force Point drains seem to be extra mysterious and surrounded by many misconceptions. This article will attempt to clarify these misconceptions and reveal the mechanics of Ideal Drain Range - or IDR for short.

• This article draws heavily (word for word, or paraphrased) from a thread started by GoodOlBen on the forums.

A Sith is coming at you menacingly in a defensive position. What should you do? Open fire? With some guns maybe, but not with your peashooter E11.

Nearly every weapon drains only 2 FP from a blocking Sith/Jedi outside of IDR. Exceptions to this include weapons such as Pistol 3, Bowcaster, Projectile Rifle and T21 primary fire. If the sith/Jedi was running, the drains would be significantly bigger though. For the E11 it would be around 7 FP per shot.

Here is a picture of a Soldier standing at the very edge of IDR.

9 FP per shot is being drained on a blocking Sith. On a running Sith at this range, 12 FP per shot would be drained.

Mechanics

A few other things also add up to the amount of FP that is drained. For example if the Sith is hit without blocking, the FP drain will be significantly higher. Around 20 FP when inside IDR while not holding block. Jumping also increases the amount of FP drained. Jumping without holding block gives out especially high FP drains.

Another interesting notion is that the closer you get to a Sith, the less bullets he can deflect back at you with perfect accuracy.

All weapons drain a different amount of FP. Two things differ from weapon to weapon - base damage and drain multiplier. Basedamage is the same as what's used to calculate normal damage. Drain multiplier is a value the the MBII Team settled with as the appropriate drain for the said weapon.

Let us recap all the variables:

• Weapon
• Target's current activity (Blocking, running, jumping, attacking...)
• Target's position (Within IDR or not)

Some of the activities done by the target can overlap, meaning even more massive FP drainage is done to a Sith who is jumping, swinging his saber and getting shot, than for a Sith who is jumping, swinging his saber, getting shot and holding block.

Table of Drains

	Blocking	Running

Weapon	Outside	Medium	IDR	Outside	IDR
E11 primary	2	-	9	8	11
E11 secondary	2	-	8	8	10
DLT20a & A280	2	-	10	9	11
EE3	2	-	10	8	11
Pistol 1-2	2	-	6	6	8
Pistol 3	??	-	11	10	13
T21 primary	2	-	18	19	25
T21 secondary	2	-	7	7	9
SBD Firepower 1-2	2	-	8	6	10
SBD Firepower 3	2	-	8	7	10
Bowcaster	??	-	10	9	12
Droideka	7	-	9	7	11
Clone pistol(s)	2	-	10	9	11
ARC M5	2	-	9	7	11
ARC M5 (Scoped)	2	-	17	14	21
Westar-34 pistol(s)	2	-	8	7	9
Wristlaster	15	-	22	20	26
EE3 (Sniper)	25	25	60	9	11
Projectile Rifle	37	-	105	37	105
Disruptor	2	-	14	13	16
Clone Rifle	2	-	7	6	9

Notes

• With weapons of higher rate of fire (CR3, Droidekas, SBD firepower 3, etc), there is a WillCount flag. It represents whether the Jedi/Sith will get drained or not. This sometimes triggers because of a small "cooldown" timer for FP drains.