Do believe that we said some lasers have different colors, not that they are all different.

Nop! Proto one should be red!

good idea

1. That's the first reason why it should be available to everybody IMO ^^

2. I honestly don't see why it should make it red ^^

No viziam should be red templar laser being standard should be blue

I don't agree i think it's the equivalent of standard gear and eve side lore means crap over performance when you get hit with a Viziam it hurts more than a templar ..Templar is no different than standard lr ..your argument that's it's rare is only because ccp is racist and won't give amarians bpos..Unlike ..Every other race ..besides ccp being really stingy about obtaining templar gear it really is nothing special. I think it's wrong to give templar laser a special color when the gun is completely unattainable through normal means

Now if ccp wants to make templar bpo lr purchasable on psn and then turn it red ..they would probably make some money off that. i know ide buy one immediately and i wouldn't really complain even though red color should obviously belong to the proto

Viziam is more powerful so it should be red .

TERRIBLE idea! Laser colors should be based on range, not weapon tier, or BPO rarity/vanity "visual augmentation."

It's supposed to be one of the drawbacks of the weapon. By having colors represent the range, it gives your opponents valuable visual tactical information about what ranges you're going to be effective. Throwing this piece of tactical play out the window because 1. Rattati doesn't play EVE, and 2. "Laz0rs! I want the purple beam for my Officer gun!" is totally ridiculous.

I'm not a lore guy, but this is one of those instances where consistency between the 2 games is important. CCP needs to make a plan about any heavy laser weapons, heavy/small laser turrets, and any variants of existing laser weapons (breach/burst ScR) etc. they might add, and then figure out how all laser weapons would factor into ranges based on that. They don't have to release anything, just plan out the big picture for all potential laser variants. From there they should map out the ranges and assign colors accordingly.

If CCP starts dicking around with colors as a visual customization thing instead of as range indicators, it will be a mistake (one that would be hard to correct later since people will get used to/attatched to how things are).

1. Yes. It's a balancing factor and adds tactical depth to combat.
2. You're no worse off than you are now
3. It would remain red. It's a long range weapon; it remains a long range weapon even if you use it at close range.
4. Having colors as visual indicators of range is how it works in EVE. It is a good system and worth bringing to DUST. Having ammo types that deal different profiles doesn't make sense in DUST since damage profiles are simplified into armor/shield and resistances are based on weapon type. This is a simplification of EVE's system that makes sense for DUST. Having a laser ammo type that does 50%laser damage and 50% projectile damage makes no sense though.

I could see ammo types where you get increased range for reduced DPS (and visa-versa) at some point. This is compatible with the colors-based-on-range suggestion I made. It's NOT compatible with colors being used as visual gimmicks for BPOs (I say this as an owner of Templar LR, ScR, and ScP) or meta levels.

I have no problem with cosmetic differences in the skins of weapons/suits etc. Laser colors shouldn't be included in this category though. DUST should ALWAYS follow EVE, except if there is a very good gameplay or technical reason not to. That should be a hard design rule. If we start goofing around with laser colors for the hell of it, and ignore the precedent of EVE--breaking lore, people are going to get attached to their cosmetic colors. This will make a transition to laser colors being meaningful much more difficult later. At that point, either 1. we would never see ammo types, 2. we would get them, and the colors get changed from being cosmetic to being range-based as they should be, and people will rage (because "I bought the Toxin LR for the green laser!!! CCP is stealing my money, changing the thing i bought after I paid for it!!! refund! Lawyer! Petition!" blah, blah, blah), or they add the ammo types and keep the cosmetics the same, and then when youre getting hit with a green LR, you wont know if its a breach LR hitting you in its optimal, or a "Toxin" long range LR being used up close with poor DPS. That would be a clusterf*ck.

If there was a solid gameplay/technical reason to have laser colors be cosmetic I'd be happy to hear it, but "red is pretty" doesn't cut it. We should do this right and plan for the future of the game.