Actually if you're at certain ranges, they eat scout and assault suits quickly. I've not had a problem with ammo yet, and generally only need to drop a hive when there are others around and we've had a firefight.

The only issue I've really had with them, is the overheat. Is it really meant to kill you when they overheat?? I've had it happen twice so far. Fired too long, gun overheats, and the game goes, Conraire has committed suicide.

i would prefer to give the LR the ability to damage armor through shields. if the shields only absorbed 85% of the damage from the laser it would not be overpowered, but would cause some fear when people hear the buzz of a laser.

i also would love to have a bigger magazine/battery.I was kind of amazed when i reloaded the laser rifle for the first time and the battery was so small.

but the biggest and most important buff the LR should get is giving the AR more recoil and spread at range. Its kind of silly that an AR is just as good as a LR at range while keeping an advantage in CQC.

The pulse of a laser shouldn't cause any recoil. It's light for Armok's sake.

but the biggest and most important buff the LR should get is giving the AR more recoil and spread at range. Its kind of silly that an AR is just as good as a LR at range while keeping an advantage in CQB.

Photons have momentum, you know

Got a couple of point to make.

With sharpshooter trained up the range is actually pretty good.

I think the starting damage should be increased a little. Currently it takes way to long to get through armor.

The gun is great at hitting guys who are unaware or who are crossing open terrain.

One tip. If they dont know you are there. shoot it over their head or where they dont see it. Let it build up power then drop it on em. Scouts and assaults, even logis wont have time to react before they die in 1-2.5 seconds. If you hit them right away the damage is not high enough yet to avoid them having the chance to run away.

Actually, Necro makes a good point. If it just used overheat instead of having a reload, then you could use it as a damn fine Logi gun, something that is sorely needed. The reload function could instead be used to swap focus lenses or load a new one if you overheat and break the current one. Food for thought.

Actually, Necro makes a good point. If it just used overheat instead of having a reload, then you could use it as a damn fine Logi gun, something that is sorely needed. The reload function could instead be used to swap focus lenses or load a new one if you overheat and break the current one. Food for thought.

all i really want this post to do is come up with a real way for the laser rifle to be a smart choice over an AR, as far as i know LR are more expenisve and heavier, and as a logi i want a really light gun, but i dont want to be screwed out of ranged combat, and also i dont want to have to rely on nano hives because i generally like to save those for my squad mates. right now im going with the AR because i can more efficiently land hits with it, and i can fight at really long ranges with it, and the best part is that if someone getsclose up i can still fight them with the AR

Beam lasers have a shorter optimal range than their hybrid railgun counterparts, but do, as a whole, more damage.

Pulse lasers have better range than blasters, hybrid weapon from the same class, but do considerably less damage.