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Posted - 2015.07.17 18:53:00 -
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LUGMOS wrote:Scheneighnay McBob wrote:Mejt0 wrote:When I saw Laser Rifle in there, I went from 'interesting thread' to 'joke'.
Nothing more to add. Laser rifles are terrible sub-proto. And even for a prototype weapon, they're pretty bad. Too touchy, and no effective enough in their effective range to make up for it. Laser rifles are actually very good (even sub proto, even my ELM is a facemelter) once you get to know them and play your range games. Only reason people think they suck is because they try to use them as a sort of battle rifle and take it at any range thinking they should have a fair fight. Once you know it's limitations and upsides though...
LUGMOS,
I agree with your summary of limitations and also delight in the ability to be able to heat the lazor (correct spelling btw) and pseudo-snipe campers.
However there is one limitation I find frustrating and that is the scope lens shading. In certain "moods" the ADS view is clear as mud at the optimal range of the weapon. Combine darkness or sun glare and fog and there is little or no point in ADS. Your only hope is somebody runs a scan so you can aim just below the chevron.
No other scoped weapon in the game is nearly rendered useless when operated as intended. I suspect the lens shading was specifically intended to remove visual fidelity to handicap the lazor. It has never been addressed because lazor users tend to be fearful CCP will nerf the thing again and leave us high and dry.
If I were to answer the question posed by the OP the one thing I'd also like to see is a slightly higher alpha damage at the cost of slightly less omega damage.
In a quick draw contest at 80 m with similar levels of skill, damage mods and meta I tend to find the lazor falls short compared to the rail rifle, breach AR and RS-90. I suspect this is by design as well.
The other issue is the weak sometime non existent hit detection/aim assist versus the "wiggle wiggle" suits. The lazor requires fairly precise control and a keen sense of timing. The other rifles I mentioned are spray and pray until the clip runs dry.
The duration of time between a dry clip of spray and pray and the lazor overheat are two very different numbers. Overheat of the lazor tends to occur much faster. This imbalance is why most players favor the spray and pray.
Blueberry!....Make yourself useful and shoot the blurry thing running this way!
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