have... have you ever actually used a vizam laser rifle?

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Ok take your viziam, add 2 complex dmg mods... and if you still dont get it... hope for a respec

Give me the same and i would be very very happy

The viziam just isn't worth using just to be able to fire for a few more seconds, plus the extra damage that you would see would only be seen nearing the end of your clip and by that time that person would have already been dead. Its better to save the fitting req and isk and just get a much better sidearm since that is the laser's greatest weakness.

The damage would literally be the same except for when nearing the overheat, but by then you either have to pull out of that engagement because you've taken too much damage yourself, your target has either fled or closed the gap between him and you, or your target is already dead cause the majority of dust players shield tank for the most part.

Chrome. Using damage mods on the viziam or LR don't make a difference because both weapons have the same damage out-put. Hes complaining that the ONLY difference between the standard LR and proto LR is that at lvl 5 amar one overheats about 1-2 seconds faster then the other with a price difference of around 30X less then the one that heats up slower.


Your paying a premium price for an advantage that many would hardly consider a worth while advantage.


I would consider using the ELM over the viziam just because the difference in heat build up is hardly anything, but at least you get to fit more onto your proto suits. and if you remember me from chromosome chrome, then you should understand what im saying actually has some weight under because im somewhat of a laser specialist.......


Personally im a perfectionist so if I can fit the viziam onto my proto amar suit, then im going to do it. But most people can get away with using an ELM or even the LR, and if you do it right you could be even more potent on the battlefield then a viziam user anyway. So really it all comes down to how savy people are with their suits and fittings.

But overall I agree witht he OP, I would like there to be more of a difference, like increased range for example! Or possibly a faster heat cool down! Or less feedback damage! One of those three anyway.......

It's 6 rounds. You realise that right? It's probably less than half a second. The Amarr assault suit can make a regular laser rifle better than the Viziam at 2 levels in.
Imagine if the Gallente assault suit turned your Exile into something better than a Duvolle before you even got it to Adv level. It would either mean that the suit was OP, or the Duvolle wasn't worth it.

I don't want to see the damage increased, I'd rather see the range on the standard reduced, and the Viziam's increased. At least then there would be an incentive to use it specifically to boost it's area of advantage.

Ok i was going to go on a nice long rant about how due to how the dmg ramps up and with amarr assault suit 5, prof 5 and complex dmg mods you get a marked improvement with the visam....

BUT i ran the numbers... and now i feel sheepish... just a little over 0.5 heat buildup differance between each of them... not even worth the button pushing to say how much dmg that equates too...

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i feel sad now... back to ELM's it is