Vell0cet
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
151
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Posted - 2013.09.08 23:16:00 -
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The LR still has issues. It's viable now, but hardly competitive. The effective range is WAY too narrow, and not far enough. You missed a few major cons for the LR:
1. It creates a huge f*cking beam that points to your location for everyone on the map to see, it's like a neon "gank/snipe me" sign.
2. It requires you to pop your head out of cover (with the "snipe me" sign on your head) for a significant period of time while standing still to do effective damage.
3. You have to reload after every volley (since the first couple of seconds are esentially just heating the thing up to a level where it's actually effective.
4. Because of 3. Nanohives are pretty much required for your fit (and this makes being mobile difficult).
5. Because of 2 & 3, it' really easy to avoid being killed by a LR: wait for the LR to start firing, find cover and wait till they stop firing, leave cover and shoot the LR user (who is now reloading, with weapon on cool down--and possibly overheating). On the off chance they're not reloading, they'll run out of ammo on a second volley before they can do serious damage to you.
Where it really shines is taking out guys running out in the open while you have cover to hide behind when reloading.
I can honestly live with all of the LR's shortcomings (it's what makes the weapon feel unique after-all). What it needs though is an increase to the ADS zoom and a sharpshooter skill that will let it hit out to 115-120ish meters when maxed out. This will give it the ability to out-range other mid-range weapons (especially the TAC AR) which don't have nearly as many drawbacks. |
Vell0cet
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
157
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Posted - 2013.09.09 00:23:00 -
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KING CHECKMATE wrote:I agree with this. You are right, but those shortcomings are what make the laser rifle so unique and no noob friendly , even with the aim assist.
Right. I'm not arguing that CCP should eliminate these drawbacks (they give the LR its very unique feel), just that a buff to range and ADS zoom wouldn't be OP considering all of the weapon's drawbacks that competitors like the TAC-AR don't have to deal with. |