Like a microscope? With different gears to adjust the focus of the crystal?

Yup just like that.

By the by, spell check your title.

Some type of ability to adjust the lasor focus (or, where the lasor has its optimal) and this mechanic should be adjustable on the fly/in-game. Also, one should be able to adjust the optimal itself, smaller optimal higher damage output.

To balance this out the higher damage setting should be at greater ranges and the closer one focuses the optimal to the user, results in a loss of damage output.

You know this would be totally amazing.

You wouldn't be tryin' ta stop me from firin' ma "lasor", now would ya?

Lazor* kind sir.

Some type of ability to adjust the lazor focus (or, where the lazor has its optimal) and this mechanic should be adjustable on the fly/in-game. Also, one should be able to adjust the optimal itself, smaller optimal higher damage output.

To balance this out the higher damage setting should be at greater ranges and the closer one focuses the optimal to the user, results in a loss of damage output.

You know this would be totally amazing.

or how about different frequency crystals... like in EVE?

I would Adjust it to 2 mts!
Light saber!

COME TO THE AMARR SIDE !

BZZZ BZZZZZZZ

The Laser Rifle is a strange one indeed. I worry that allow you to modify would optimal range would make other rifles obsolete.

I's like to point out that this could work as part of a broader ammo system. The weapons in EVE use many different payloads, loosely divided into 'charge groups.' Lasers use Crystals, but they function more like a film you slide over a projector. Each has a different range profile as the main selling point, with the longer reaching ones doing more shield damage and the shorter ranges having more armor-piercing power, usually swapped rapidly over the course of a battle as you and your enemy close in.

Just a thought if you would consider it. I could make a thread on it if you wish, I haven't seen any big threads about ammo yet.

Remember, the other Rifles are effective UP TO their Optimal. The Laser Rifle is only effective AT its optimal.

Fair enough. Still not sure how I feel about being able to change it on the fly, but perhaps variants that have different optimal ranges?

I expect lazors of the future to adjust their optimal range automatically, like they do it today already

I'd say to balance it out have it take some time to adjust so that players can't abuse it. +1 to the OP.

Some type of ability to adjust the lazor focus (or, where the lazor has its optimal) and this mechanic should be adjustable on the fly/in-game. Also, one should be able to adjust the optimal itself, smaller optimal higher damage output.

To balance this out the higher damage setting should be at greater ranges and the closer one focuses the optimal to the user, results in a loss of damage output.

You know this would be totally amazing.

could incorporate the fire-toggle feature as well :) also for these "tac" or "burst" assault rifles or even maybe rail rifles / assault scrambler rifles and the new tactical rifles

with this feature implemented thoroughly the regular scrambler rifles could effectively be used as kamikaze style "burst" scrambler rifles.. that'd be pretty wild

Increased fitting requirements will have to be put in place to make it balanced. Otherwise you can simply fit another weapon type in your second slot and you'll be a "Master-of-all-trades"

Bump, just cause i feel CCP needs to take a good long hard look at some of these really good ideas in this thread.