heat up time is the difference. no damage increase over tiers.

and they take up so much pg/cpu for the same reason that plasma cannons take up to 100+ cpu. 2 simple words.

CCP Logic.

Longer time firing allows for more beam damage

Every shot you deal 17 damage (plus any damage modifiers)

Every second you are firing you deal a set amount of beam damage, this starts at 50 damage after the 1st second of firing and increases up to 450 damage after the 5th second

Longer time firing allows for more beam damage

Every shot you deal 17 damage (plus any damage modifiers)

Every second you are firing you deal a set amount of beam damage, this starts at 50 damage after the 1st second of firing and increases up to 450 damage after the 5th second

How is damage calculated? Is it per second? CCC really needs to fix some of the descriptions.

An AR does about 450 dps. So how long does it take the LR to also do 450 of damage?

The LR does 450 dps after 2.875 seconds of firing (after 36 shots)

this is assuming you do not have any damage modifiers, this is includes LR proficiency, damage mods and that you are ignoring the -20% to armor and +20% to shields

No wonder I cant kill anything with it

Honestly I don't know if its exponential, decay, ramp or entropy based in terms of beam formation

s(n) = shot damage = 17*M
s(t) = shot damage per second = s(n)*12.5(t)

(M is damage multipliers from all sources, 12.5 is how many shots the LR fires a second)

b(n,0) (0 >= t >= 1) = beam damage between 0 and 1 seconds = 4n
b(n,1) (1 > t >= 5 = beam damage between 1 and 5 seconds = 50 + 8n
b(n,5) (t > 5) = 450

n = shot number since initially firing

D(n) = total shot damage = 17*M + b(n)

total dps follows pretty much the same format, but its simpler to jsut assume you are calculating at as second 0, 1 and 5

dps(0) = 212.5*M
dps(1) = 212.5*M + 50
dps(5) = 212.5*M + 450

The LR does 450 dps after 2.875 seconds of firing (after 36 shots)

this is assuming you do not have any damage modifiers, this is includes LR proficiency, damage mods and that you are ignoring the -20% to armor and +20% to shields

I seem to recall a 0.6 being in there somewhere, or did the formula get changed somewhere along the line?

I remember it being: 17 + (0.6 x shots fired)

This might be a stupid question, but how is a "shot" defined with the LR? If your beam spends X units of time on a target is that one shot? Or is it X number of shots?

And secondly, the damage is 17 for the first second, then it rises to 50 for the second "second"? And so on up till 450 for five seconds?

Thanks.