HP: This is the Health stat from the G.E.C.K.

AOE: This stands for area of effect it's an unknown unit of measurement displayed in the G.E.C.K.

AP: The amount of Action Points used per shot in V.A.T.S.

The more specialized Sneak Attack Critical deals twice the damage of a common critical strike.

CRIT DMG: The amount of damage that is added when you score a critical strike.

attack, with automatic weapons, only checks for critical hit once, applying damage bonus for all bullets in such attack if critical hit is done. This is done to compensate for the sheer number of bullets being fired. is divided by the G.E.C.K.'s Fire Rate stat, hence the very small multiplier for automatic weapons. For automatic weapons (assault rifles, SMGs, miniguns, etc.) the Crit % Mult stat in the G.E.C.K. For example, if your character has a critical hit chance of 5%, and the weapon you're using has a CRIT % MULT of x2, then each shot has a 5% x 2 = 10% chance to critically hit. each 5mm bullet fired from your minigun). This modifier applies to each individual attack you make (e.g.

CRIT % MULT: The multiplier applied to your character's critical hit chance.

Anything above 0 means the shots may deviate from center by that many degrees regardless of stance, skill, or condition. 0 means the weapon can potentially fire perfectly straight, if stance, weapon skill, and weapon condition are optimal. It refers to the accuracy of a ranged weapon.

SPRD: This is the Min Spread stat from the G.E.C.K.

ROF: This stands for rate of fire in shots per second.

attack, a Luck of 5, no perks ( Finesse, Survival Expert, etc.), 100 skill and 100 weapon condition.

MDPS: This is the modified damage per second number that takes critical hits into account.

DPS: This stands for damage per second.

This stat is most useful for comparing semi-automatic weapons like rifles, where you can see the full damage caused by a single shot, regardless of how long it takes to load and fire the next one. For most small guns, that's a single bullet, but for shotguns it's a single shell (containing several small pellets), and for the Gatling laser it's a single beam.

and shows the damage caused by a single click of the mouse/trigger.

DMG / HIT or SHOT: This information comes straight from the G.E.C.K.

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