It has been buffed by a new scope

Haven't I seen you charging people head on with a laser rifle at close range?

I know it was someone in wasteland removal but that's NOT how you use a laser rifle.

LR needs sharpshooter skill. At LR Sharpshooter 5, I should hit out to 120m.

fun fact C4 will only explode when under heat and pressure
for example you can jump on a brick of C4 and catch another on fire but they won't go off until both conditions are met

I disagree. It was the base dmg that was the problem in Chromosome. 120m is a reasonable range for a long range weapon. Currently, complex damage mod stacked Duvolle ARs can kill you when they're in your optimal, and the AR is a blaster (I.e. short range). Beam lasers are supposed to be long range weapons. 120m would allow you to out-range ARs, SRs etc while still being extremely vulnerable when < 25m or so. We didn't have duvolles with pinpoint accuracy butchering people before they can react at crazy ranges in chromosome. If we did I don't think the LR would have been considered OP.

If they want to differentiate the versions, I would think even slower heat buildup would be good, as would increased clips. Keep the damage where it is.

Here you go morte. Enjoy.

Actually, I think that the LR is a great weapon.

What I believe is wrong about it, it's the non-existent tier progression. There should be some better bonus for the ADV and PRO LR.

But seriously, the LR itself is good.

laser's fine.

Get an amarr assault suit.

You'd be surprised at how useful its hipfire is when you have no other option at close range. But yeah, lol @ run & gun laserers.

Yeah, the laser is. Now tell me about the Viziam.

I would prefer a wider optimal compared to a longer range.

That would be great n.n

laserrifle seems perfecto me...

I actually kind of like the standard being mostly the same as the advanced and here is why;

If I use an amarrian assault suit I can get away with a STD laser and fire forever...

If I use a non-bonused suit I have to use the viziam in order to get decent performance out of it.

the real issue is that it being out ranged by gallente tech(short range, high dmg)

exactly if you look at that range chart the ar does consistently higher damage over longer range almost all the weapons do

I wouldn't mind a range bonus across all tiers, but at the very least there needs to be some incentive for me to use the higher-level Laser Rifles. I've never even fit a Proto because the downsides outweigh the sole benefit. I don't have an overheat problem.

Give the weapon some crystal variants like they have in EVE. Infrared laser that hits out to 150m or so, but does like 40% of its normal damage.

Just enough to really annoy the hell out of people.

The real reason to push this agenda is variable beam colours. Mix it up within an Amarri squad and make those infidels taste the rainbow.

It was denerfed from the addition of iron sights you mean?

I think the near overheat damage should be brought back to where it was back in chromosome. It won't be nearly as op as it was simply because it will now lack the sharpshooter skill's insane range addition. It's also the only way it will survive against rail rifles... Make it a special weapon again CCP, a futuristic weapon like the game advertises. It would be a nice change from the contemporary piece of crap that is the assault rifle (futuristic game my ass)

Primary Laser Rifle user BUMP. I have recently started skilling into AR so soon I will no longer care about this thread or all the SP I put into the LR (prof 5)

I dropped a guy at 141 and some change.

With only level three in LR and no or few support skills in the branch. I don't remember the suit fit but it was an advanced level 3 Amarr assault and an ELM, pushed to overheat. I stopped putting SP into that skill with the iron sight and when I learned that there is no difference in the tiers, I have a Templar BPO that I use now. It works and looks good.

I mainly use the laser rifle because it is so attractive as a weapon with all the drawbacks surrounding it, but what annoys me recently is that when the dev postrd updates about ALL the rifles new ranges, they never once spoke of the laser rifle which also has the name "rifle" in it.

Will it be getting a range buff like the assault rifle or the scrambler? or will it remain the same?

I will go with what it becomes either way but would appreciate it being included in the dev posts just so we all know.

Well I gota say now that 1.7 is hear you called it

What about the damage?