Why would we buff the laser rifle?

Every race apart form Amarr has a light AV weapon...

Don't hesitate, make the LR AV.

I already have the stats for a new varient of a laser rifle that will require no new assets. I call it the "Breach Laser Rifle"

Did you see my proposal on the Amarr Commando and Assault? This will fix the LR to be viable on both the Assault AND Commando. I don't know about logis and scouts though because I don't play those.

Dont. If the Laser is usable on the amarr commando because overheat isnt as quick the damage bonus will lead to an inevitable nerf of the laser rifle,

Yeah, I have done the math and a Commando at level 5 with a proto viziam lr with no proficiency will still do do 943 less damage before overheating than an Amarr Assault at level 5 under the same circumstances.

Damage depends on how long you have been continuously firing it, not how much heat is built up. Gosh, that is like laser rifle 101 right there.

A heat build up reduction goes into a bit of an unexplained area.

Some say that continuous fire builds damage on the laser rifle while others say it is simply tied to the amount of heat the weapon has built up. Personally I feel like it is tied to heat build up.


So we enter into 2 very different but very broken scenarios.

Option A) Damage is tied to continuous fire.

If this is the case then a huge reduction to heat build up then the commando would be able to reach DPS levels that the LR was never meant to reach. Add that in with damage mods and warbarge bonuses and we revert to the old days of the laser rifle becoming a light saber that you just swing around with the damage built up and cut people in half.

Needless to say shield users will flip and the nerf is already incoming.


Option B) Damage is tied to heat build up

This would mean that by giving the commando a reduction to heat build up you are making it take longer to reach the DPS levels of every other suit which is effectively a nerf. That would also lower the total damage output of single clip which seems odd as a "bonus".

This just makes it even less popular than it is and hurts the current users.




The solution to either problem is simple.

Give the commando an increased bonus to cool down time. The exact number on this would depend heavily on which mechanic actually multiplies the damage but no matter what it proves to be far more beneficial than playing with heat build up which I think we have already seen is one tough cookie to balance.

it is not tied to heat build up its tied to continuous fire you are completely wrong

Only in certain cases where it shines. We can easily say the same for the Bon's shotgun or even the Ghalag's BP.