Talk:Slug Pistol/@comment-4728735-20120120224151/@comment-4583259-20120122045323

No, they're travelling faster. Velocity equals distance divided by time.

Stand on the surface and aim your gun upwards a bit (like maybe 15 degrees above the horizon). Make a "quick" shot (where you just tap on the fire button quickly). Note how long it takes the bullet to travel (count "one-mississippi, two-mississippi" or whatever). Then note how far it travelled.

Now fire again, without changing your aim but hold the fire button a lot longer. Again note how long it takes the bullet to travel before it hits the ground. It will take about the same time, but travel MUCH further.

I did this test with a v3 pistol. The quick shot took 1 second to travel 6 blocks: 6 blocks per second. The "high-power" shot, aimed at the same angle, took exactly the same amount of time (1 second) and went 60 or 70 blocks. So the bullet was travelling 10 times as fast.