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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Brennen" data-source="post: 3498579" data-attributes="member: 553">To put it in D&D terms, it gives the Dex 8 wizard with a crossbow who's low on spells something useful to do <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Would you rather have a 100% chance of having an effect on the combat with Suppressive Fire or just hope you roll a 20? I have no idea if there is an equivalant low BAB class in Star Wars, but sustitute a lower level character who's at -5 on the Wound Track, and you have the same basic concept.In modern/futuristic games, there always seems to be ranged weapon rules for short bursts and full-auto, with the former being "more accurate" and the latter simply placing quantity over quality of targeted shots. Short bursts are modeled in d20 by the Rapid Shot feat (a feat, since, as you mentioned, one is trained to do it), while the abstracted auto-fire rules are interesting in that you still cause damage to every single target in the area, even if it's just 1/2 for some (or all) of them. So the -5 isn't really a decreased chance to hit for auto-fire, just a lowered probability of scoring a well-aimed direct hit.</blockquote>