Weapon Ranges

[Radlek]

Looking at the weapon ranges for the guns in Starfinder I think they are way under ranged. In the 1770 the English Brown Bess Musket had an effective range of 50 Yards. According to table 7-4 the longest ranged weapon is 150 the same range as a brown Bess Musket. So why are the ranges so low?

[Zwordsman]

because this is made to be played on a table top mostly.
So they small scaled a lot of the details

[Captain collateral damage]

I don't have starfinder but aren't most of the weapons energy weapons, not projectiles like a musket?
*goes off to grumble about how lasers aren't very plausible in sci-fi becuase railguns are easier and more effective*

[BretI]

Remember the range increment is the distance where there is no range penalty for the first increment.

Maximum range is 10 times that.

[FLite]

Also, you are completely ignoring sniper weapons, which have range increments of up to 1000 ft (assuming you take a more action to aim.) Which means a max range of 2 miles.

Also, there are far more projectile weapons in starfinder than laser weapons. Including explosive propelled, rocket propelled, and magnetic propelled.