Enkidu Camuel
Tritan-Industries
Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2013.01.15 09:04:00 -
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Free Beers wrote:
Summary: laser is broken and CCP will probably nerf it to make it worthless
Actually not that much, Lasers are intended to deal massive damange to shields and moderate damage to armors, if they're going to nerf the LR in a future then they might just tweak the damage done to the armor. People said that LR's are OP (I think so too but a little bit) but as a LR user my job is mostly to be a long range support to take out people shields and to kill anyone stupid enough to stand in front of the beam without shields and shooting at me with their AR's (or any other weapon but Sniper Rifles) trying to to match the range of the LR without taking cover.
LR's makes poor damage in CQC, so you need to rely in a pistol or SMG if you want to survive but you're always going to die in CQC against an AR user with quick fingers, a Heavy (if you're not fast) and a Shotty user, also let's not forget about the snipers, each time you shoot your beam you're doing a live imitation of a Pink Floyd concert, getting all the attention of all the snipers in the area.
And the last thing for those who don't know, once the LR overheat, it causes a negative feedback and it damages you, the heat is so intese that it damages your shield and if you have your shield down and low health in armor, the feedback will kill you if you let the weapon overheat (so don't be surprise if you see "your name - suicide" in the killfeed)
In the end, Laser Rifles are good weapons but you really need to know how to use them, it's more than just stading in front of a guy 50m away and holding R1 to get the kill, different factors like the enemy players, the map itself and other factors will force you to think with strategy, and let's not forget that if you're not careful enough, the weapon might kill you instead of the enemy. |
Enkidu Camuel
Tritan-Industries
Legacy Rising
69
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Posted - 2013.01.16 04:28:00 -
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Cyn Bruin wrote:
The regular LR and ELM are fine, they do damage on par with other weapons of their class. The reason they seem so awesome right now is the suit HP and some new players don't understand their mechanics.
Actually the only difference between the ELM and the normal LR is the overheat, ELM takes a while longer more than the normal LR to overheat, the rest (damage, range and everything) is the same, can't remember if the metalevel is increased by 1 but I don't think so, I need to check that again. |