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Aighun
Zumari Force Projection
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Posted - 2012.10.15 05:46:00 -
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How long gun has been firing. Those hair dryers just get toastier, until they overheat and fry your armor.
*edit Level one laser overheats. Do not know about the others. Also, I think I was wrong anbout overheating doing damage to armor. I know it does damage to shield, but don't know about armor. |
Aighun
Zumari Force Projection
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.10.18 06:10:00 -
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Villanor Aquarius wrote:
In Case 2 you would be encouraged to waste ammo and shoot at nothing until you have been firing for a while then just try to guide the beam onto someone briefly for the kill which seems like a rather ridiculous approach to promote but I am not sure which is currently the case. That's why i'm posting.
This assumes that the damage continually increases at a steady rate the longer the weapon has been on. Which might not be true. It could have a damage curve, heat up fast then start to level off, kind of thing. Who knows.
But yes, damage is more like Case 2. But how you use it really depends on your opponent. Some opponents you will want to fry right away because they will turn to engage and you can finish the job (laser is weaker against armor) but in other cases you want to warm it up before bringing the beam onto your opponent. You can miss time and run out of ammo or over heat before you make the kill though. As with any weapon it is all about timing and planning your shots.
I think case 2 works well and is a decent approach to promote.You seem to be assuming that you will only ever be fighting one opponent at a time. But it often happens that you can run into groups of enemies. In this case you want to plan how to fire your laser against a group. You wouldn't want to waste even a few seconds since the beam at lowest damage output is still really good against shields.
As I pointed out above, damage is based on how long the gun has been firing. It works well that way, even if it seems somewhat counter intuitive.
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Aighun
Zumari Force Projection
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.10.18 22:16:00 -
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KEROSIINI-TERO wrote:From the feels of it, seems that LR is intended as a mid-range squad support weapon.
And as this is the first iteration of the gun it's very likely a subject to change.
I really hope it isn't changed all that much, if at all. The more I think about it the more it seems to me this weapon is exactly what it should be.
If they gave the assault rifle recoil it would really bring the laser into focus as an even more unique and extremely useful weapon. Even low tier assault rifles are so easy to keep on target at range there is little in the way of handling to differentiate them from the laser. |
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