Thanks to all the whining and whimpering from people who don't know a thing about optimum range or heat up time, Lasers are being nerfed.

Hard.


Sources from IRC say there's a range, damage, AND clip size nerf, along with maybe overheat changes.


Once again, thank you guys for the QQ, there's another weapon out. Mass Drivers are next. Then HMG. Then Scramblers (oh wait), then what else? Honestly, let's just make it AR 514.


Also, just to make it clear, I do not use Lasers often, in fact I haven't even spec ed into them since reset, before the reset I did carry a Viziam.

except that they already bitched and moaned about the ar's till they got nerfed hard

Thanks to all the whining and whimpering from people who don't know a thing about optimum range or heat up time, Lasers are being nerfed.

Hard.


Sources from IRC say there's a range, damage, AND clip size nerf, along with maybe overheat changes.


Once again, thank you guys for the QQ, there's another weapon out. Mass Drivers are next. Then HMG. Then Scramblers (oh wait), then what else? Honestly, let's just make it AR 514.


Also, just to make it clear, I do not use Lasers often, in fact I haven't even spec ed into them since reset, before the reset I did carry a Viziam.

How are they nerfed? Scopes? They're coming back. Recoil? We all knew it was coming, it's a actually a bug that took it out earlier. Please, tell me more. Still by far easiest weapon to get kills with is AR. Multi purpose, basically does everything.

Seens like someone's favorite weapon is getting nerfed.

Thanks to all the whining and whimpering from people who don't know a thing about optimum range or heat up time, Lasers are being nerfed.

Hard.


Sources from IRC say there's a range, damage, AND clip size nerf, along with maybe overheat changes.


Once again, thank you guys for the QQ, there's another weapon out. Mass Drivers are next. Then HMG. Then Scramblers (oh wait), then what else? Honestly, let's just make it AR 514.


Also, just to make it clear, I do not use Lasers often, in fact I haven't even spec ed into them since reset, before the reset I did carry a Viziam.

Soon to come- every weapon is now an assault rifle with a reskin.

How are they nerfed? Scopes? They're coming back. Recoil? We all knew it was coming, it's a actually a bug that took it out earlier. Please, tell me more. Still by far easiest weapon to get kills with is AR. Multi purpose, basically does everything.

Seriously? Lasers require some skill and practice to maximize their damage without overheating, and they give away your exact position to half the dang map.

Meanwhile, GEKs are responsible for upwards of 3/4 of my deaths.

Seriously? Lasers require some skill and practice to maximize their damage without overheating, and they give away your exact position to half the dang map.

Meanwhile, GEKs are responsible for upwards of 3/4 of my deaths.

I find this disappointing I used the LR and have a few points in it this build but I use it less because of its limits to where it is efective.

Well glad that duat is slowly going to bland shooter 514. At least all the skill hards are going to be able to say they are winning because of skill not because they got killed by unique interesting gear that out performs their AR where it is supposed to.

Again, plenty of weapons top the AR in their own range. SMG, Shotgun, Mass Driver, HMG, Sniper, etc. Wsit to see what they do before you get all "they're ruining the game" on it. They've done this plenty over the last year, and the game is still moving forward.

Thanks to all the whining and whimpering from people who don't know a thing about optimum range or heat up time, Lasers are being nerfed.

Hard.


Sources from IRC say there's a range, damage, AND clip size nerf, along with maybe overheat changes.


Once again, thank you guys for the QQ, there's another weapon out. Mass Drivers are next. Then HMG. Then Scramblers (oh wait), then what else? Honestly, let's just make it AR 514.


Also, just to make it clear, I do not use Lasers often, in fact I haven't even spec ed into them since reset, before the reset I did carry a Viziam.

Deserved Nerf. Tbh, it needs total rebalance. A Proto AR does less than 10% more damage compared to a standard one. Vizam is 25%. Lasers are out of balance with the rest of the game. You can tell that from the way they strip tanks of shields. Yes it's designed to kill shields. But not when at 20% efficiency or whatever it drops to vs vehicles.

Oh and as for mass drivers? Drop the extra clip size which was added this build. Unnecessary.

Seens like someone's favorite weapon is getting nerfed.

I hate lasers more than any other weapon, but i didnt think they were op. It has been the same people beasting with the lr, and that says more about the players skill w the weapon, than the weapon itself.

Deserved Nerf. Tbh, it needs total rebalance. A Proto AR does less than 10% more damage compared to a standard one. Vizam is 25%. Lasers are out of balance with the rest of the game. You can tell that from the way they strip tanks of shields. Yes it's designed to kill shields. But not when at 20% efficiency or whatever it drops to vs vehicles.

Oh and as for mass drivers? Drop the extra clip size which was added this build. Unnecessary.

Sources from IRC say there's a range, damage, AND clip size nerf, along with maybe overheat changes.

1) source?

2) I'm really not seeing anything like logic in this decision, a significant nerf in any ONE of the mentioned areas would make an already situational weapon near worthless like the Mass driver before it and the HMG before that.

Thanks to all the whining and whimpering from people who don't know a thing about optimum range or heat up time, Lasers are being nerfed.

Hard.


Sources from IRC say there's a range, damage, AND clip size nerf, along with maybe overheat changes.


Once again, thank you guys for the QQ, there's another weapon out. Mass Drivers are next. Then HMG. Then Scramblers (oh wait), then what else? Honestly, let's just make it AR 514.


Also, just to make it clear, I do not use Lasers often, in fact I haven't even spec ed into them since reset, before the reset I did carry a Viziam.

Ah hell - I'm just going to say SWEET since no name scrubs could pick this damn weapon up and pay massive damage to all for it's obvious need of a small tweak. HMG scrubs just get owned for not knowin' how to walk. Laser scrubs just keep distance and don't worry bout it all.

Not sure about damage nerf. But the others are needed.

And me > impswarm. No idea why you think you guys are anything like the imperfects. Half of you guys are just barely decent and the other half spams MD and lasers.

lol still butthurt

I have not leveled anything past level one yet other than the AR because I figured this is what CCNerf would do.
Damn shame to cuz I liked the laser.

I never complained about weapons but i know for a fact they better not mess with my mass driver

Agreed. Im sorry OP. This is what happens when you get COD players. They like brainless games

because zombies ate the one they had!?!

Wouldn't that mean they're zombies themselves? That would explain why they stand still and shoot.

Deserved Nerf. Tbh, it needs total rebalance. A Proto AR does less than 10% more damage compared to a standard one. Vizam is 25%. Lasers are out of balance with the rest of the game. You can tell that from the way they strip tanks of shields. Yes it's designed to kill shields. But not when at 20% efficiency or whatever it drops to vs vehicles.

Oh and as for mass drivers? Drop the extra clip size which was added this build. Unnecessary.

And me > impswarm. No idea why you think you guys are anything like the imperfects. Half of you guys are just barely decent and the other half spams MD and lasers.

HTFU, MD SPAM Isn't skillful. Gee nobody told me when took out sica, lavs and ENTIRE SQUADS with my MD with SQUISHY LOGISUIT!!! Then i took a break from curb stombing fools, performed the 3R's dishing out reps and resupply like your favorite neighborhood drug dealer, then went back to stomping like it was a seamless uniform motion. It really is poetry in motion my gameplay.

Lulz you think the only measure of skill is gungame, sorry i play chess and for me its all about the tactical don't be mad IMPSwarm is full of Sun Tzu disciples and you just a grunt.

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Glad you posted because you're one of the few impswarms worth remembering. Try to get into the imperfects sometime soon, mmk?

Thanks to all the whining and whimpering from people who don't know a thing about optimum range or heat up time, Lasers are being nerfed.

Hard.


Sources from IRC say there's a range, damage, AND clip size nerf, along with maybe overheat changes.


Once again, thank you guys for the QQ, there's another weapon out. Mass Drivers are next. Then HMG. Then Scramblers (oh wait), then what else? Honestly, let's just make it AR 514.


Also, just to make it clear, I do not use Lasers often, in fact I haven't even spec ed into them since reset, before the reset I did carry a Viziam.

Why would i want Imperfect tags. I ALREADY AM AN IMP. IMPSwarm is going viral soon baby, to a district near you.


But by all means dismiss and underestimate us we love reveling in our Bad New Bears reputation. Can't wait for news to spread im like a caged dog and my IMP masters are just slapping me around to turn me even more rabid and soon i will hear those glorious words



UNLEASH THE KRAKEN.


oh and thanks for the compliment.(no no must not be nice, bad imp bad imp)

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A good counter for LR dudes is a red lined sniper on comms, they laser acts like a reverse tracer. I can't remember who said it but a dude I met once said "So he's got more range and power? Well you'd better get a buddy with more range and power than he has"

Snag

Sounds like someone doesn't know how to counter ****. I've never had a problem fighting LRs because I have brain cells

LEAVE MY MASS DRIVER ALONE!!!!
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LASERS OP LOL.. (JUST KIDDING)

Never mind.

I regret not quoting you when you called the impswarms party fillers :)

Thought I was being a bit too harsh lol. Now I only feel pity.

I have not leveled anything past level one yet other than the AR because I figured this is what CCNerf would do.
Damn shame to cuz I liked the laser.

lol they called me out for QQing bout them when I never even mentioned them. Guess my HMG caused some QQ in some so they brought out the lazerz and MD's and thought I was talkin' bout them. I don't even notice impswarm scrubs unless they're the only squad in game.

it's coming bro sadly MD will be next. once they make the final pass on the last weapon that hasnt been nerfed, they will restart from the beginning again, another second "rebalancing" of weapons, since the first pass failed, they will begin a second pass of nerfs starting all the way back again at the AR, and will nerf from there, even tho they've all already been nerfed- theres always so non gaming guy in a suit somewhere in a board room saying ignoring the harder core gamers because there just some supposed niche` while bending over backwards to bring in a "new(b) audience" by trying to make games that appeal to people who never were gamers in the first place.

this has nothing to do at all with gaming, nerfing stuff is a corporate marketing plan, they think that by "listening" to the commuinty aka QQing noobs on their forums that they will sell more games/aurum because they "listen" to their community.

example: scrub cries on forums, scrub gets his nerf, scrub goes out and tells he's little noob buddies what a great company they are because they listened to him cry and he personally had an effect "designing" the game, his noobs that sucked at gaming in the first place all feel empowered despite they spend more time on the forums than in game so they go on a crusade to have it all nerfed, then the guy in a suit says at the CCP boardroom meeting- "look at all the new potential customers i just pulled by that one nerf"

/end rant

. Lasers are out of balance with the rest of the game. You can tell that from the way they strip tanks of shields. Yes it's designed to kill shields. But not when at 20% efficiency or whatever it drops to vs vehicles.

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Laser still don't do anything significant vs vehicles. Their damage scale is infantry scale, albeit very high on LR optimal.
(viziam with 2x damamod)

I don't know where this rumor started nor why it is so persistent.

Laser still don't do anything significant vs vehicles. Their damage scale is infantry scale, albeit very high on LR optimal.
(viziam with 2x damamod)

I don't know where this rumor started nor why it is so persistent.

Thanks to all the whining and whimpering from people who don't know a thing about optimum range or heat up time, Lasers are being nerfed.

Hard.


Sources from IRC say there's a range, damage, AND clip size nerf, along with maybe overheat changes.


Once again, thank you guys for the QQ, there's another weapon out. Mass Drivers are next. Then HMG. Then Scramblers (oh wait), then what else? Honestly, let's just make it AR 514.


Also, just to make it clear, I do not use Lasers often, in fact I haven't even spec ed into them since reset, before the reset I did carry a Viziam.

I play a heavy with a laser rifle. I do quite well but if someone gets close I'm screwed. I have a scabaler pistol for such an occasion but that's not much insurance.

The laser Only works from a fair distance, gives away exactly where I am and theres always a high chance while I'm standing still picking at targets that a sniper goes. "That's right fatty, stay still shooting.... bye bye."

I think it may need adjustments but not a hard nerf. Its very easy to counter.

anyone with reasonable aim or a KB+M and a laser rifle could outperform any weapon at medium range. even on my armor tanked assault suits i was getting cut in half in a matter of seconds, not possible to aim and shoot and out DPS a good laser rifle user.

at the very least something had to be done, but it seems like CCP may be cutting the balls off it completely, which we don't want either. I would be perfectly okay with a damage nerf, or a range nerf, or overheat nerf, but not all three at the same time.

Your not supposed to be able to deal with a laser at that range. Your bullet spread is to great from that far. Just get in close by circling around. You'll kill me.

considering i was using a tactical assault rifle with a complex damage modifier, yes, i should be able to kill someone from that range fairy effectively. if at any time you get stuck in an area with little cover and nowhere to run once you duck back, it's pretty much over..with other weapons i still have a fighting chance. maybe adding some sort of recoil would help balance things out.

what if it was a sniper and they had the ability to one shot one in less time. Would you have felt better if you only got them to half health before they blew you head off?

I tried this game out and kept getting sniped over and over by a guy w/ a 90,000 ISK laser standing on top of a structure. I had no way of killing him becase it outranged all my weaons except the piece of junk militia sniper. I hit him twice but he was a heavy and basically it would take 2+ headshots just to kill, which would be impossible considering his laser kills me in less than 2 seconds and the sniper fires slow as fyck and only holds 3 bullets in a magazine.. Lol.

i honestly think adding in some kind of recoil may be the best option here, if it's more difficult to line up the shot and hold it on your target, it has every right to do high damage.

I remember you and that was me. I was using the level one laser rifle. If you wanted to kill me why didn't you just communicate with your squad to sneak up on me and you just taking pot shots to draw my attention to you.

Tactics!

I know a lot of folks don't care for reality, but you do recognize the absurdity of a light beam inducing recoil, don't you?

That's kind of what makes the laser rifle a distinct weapon rather than just another skin on the AR.

No, it wasn't you. Lol are you really conceited enough to think that you are the only person who laser snipes? In the short time I played this game, I saw it quite often. And no, it wasn't level 1 laser. It tells you what gun you get killed by, I looked it up in the store, and it was the highest cost laser, like 80k-90k each.

Lets say for arguments sake your right about who it was. Frankly it doesn't matter but I do remember at one point killing you in the matter mentioned. If I was so 'conceited' I wouldn't tell you how you can kill me which brings me to the point you didn't address how you could deal with me.

How is this any differant then dealing with a tank or a sniper or a heavy with a HMG or a dropship?

It all comes down to tactics and working as a team. If you have something you can't deal with you turn to your team mates and talk to them about options.

Not throw a hissy fit or shrug/give up and rant on the forums.

If you have that kind of mentality no one will play with you for being a quitter.

does the laser rifle need a tweak? absolutely, but so does everything in a mmo at some point.

I don't think It needs a massive nerf however. I think it fills an interesting nich in the EvE universe and brings some of the racial flavor from the Amarr to the dust players.

Lol you "remember" killing me in the manner mentioned, yet I only played like 2 battles w/ this character and wasn't even fighting because I was just screwing around trying to figure out to drive those piece of shyt warthogs. The person that was laser sniping me was against my first character, which had a completely different name, and I deleted. Nice memory you have there buddy

But the only way to make a balanced game is to make everything like an AR, just look at CoD!

(asymmetric balance? what's that?)

because a recoil-less weapon that does high, steady damage from long range is a great idea in a FPS, right?

It is when the weapon is easily countered by a Sniper Rifle at even longer range than its "high damage" can be used, or by any other weapon if you simply do the same thing as you do against snipers and GET IN CLOSE where the damage is massively reduced.

ANY weapon is countered by a sniper rifle at long range...that's how it should be. saying "LOL JUST GIT CLOSE" doesn't make it any less of an overpowered weapon. it is by far the strongest weapon at mid range unless you're some kind of savant with the mass driver or forge gun.

In the long ends of mid-range, the Laser Rifle is MEANT to dominate.

Just like the Sniper Rifle dominates at extreme range, and just like the Shotgun and HMG dominate in CQC.

If you're in the closer end of mid-range, AR fire should out-DPS the LR, and you only need to be decent, not amazing, with your Mass Driver. SMGs can damage race LRs in decently close range - but outside of their preferred CQC range.

i've taken down both HMGs and shotguns at close range with a tactical assault rifle, but if i go up against someone even half decent with a LR anywhere close to mid range, it's already over. it dominates it's range TOO HARD and makes it almost impossible for any other weapon to compete. regardless if it's garbage up close, it's still way too OP at medium range compared to all other weapons at their respective ranges.

midrange is the only range where it's worth anything whatsoever.

i've taken down both HMGs and shotguns at close range with a tactical assault rifle, but if i go up against someone even half decent with a LR anywhere close to mid range, it's already over. it dominates it's range TOO HARD and makes it almost impossible for any other weapon to compete. regardless if it's garbage up close, it's still way too OP at medium range compared to all other weapons at their respective ranges.

in my experience it's pretty effective into the longer ranges as well. regardless, it dominates mid range too hard, other weapons should at least have something of a chance in an open firefight.

I've dominated Laser Rifle users at the closer end of mid-range with a Toxin and Level 3 SMG Ops.

Doesn't prove that they're underpowered any more than your examples of getting dominated prove they're OP. You're bad at countering them for some reason. I don't know what that reason is, but apparently you suck at fighting against Laser Rifles.

What Tactical AR have you been using? What Laser Rifle was the opponent using? What applicable skills did each of you have equipped? What suits were each you you using?

The weapon is rarely the only factor involved.

Me vs laser = coin toss.

You haven't had fun until that fatsuit you almost killed sneaks up behind you (because you weren't paying attention to the twinkie-eating fat kid that always shows on radar) and ventilates you with an HMG, or more obnoxiously, a forge gun from five feet away.

maybe i'm just really unlucky running into super high skilled LR users? i don't even remember them being much of an issue in the closed beta. still seems like they do a disproportionate amount of damage at their range compared to all other weapons.

Well, I've managed to maintain a 2.4 kill to death ratio playing solo 100% of the time, i'd like to think I have a good shot and know what I'm doing. honestly have no idea what he was using, i just remember seeing a scout rip 3/4ths my health away from me before i could even line up a shot. trying to play duck and cover games was impossible because his weapon has no recoil. being the stubborn man that i am, i refused to come out of cover and be killed by such a gimmicky weapon, so i didn't catch the name on it. i mean honestly, an unbroken stream of high damage energy with no recoil that does better damage at mid-long range? if the DPS wasn't so ridiculous I think it would be fine. maybe if someone could pull some concrete numbers and compare damage we could have a better discussion on it.

you respond to lasers by getting behind cover, and maneuvering to get close. Inside 20 meters a laser's damage is the rough equivalent of a five year old attacking you with a damp sock.

unless you're a scout, because your defenses are pathetic.

You seem to be forgetting the fact that Lasers also have MASSIVELY reduced damage when they first start firing. They only pick up real damage after heating up for a few seconds. You can kill them before they're doing real damage if they aren't coming straight out of firing at someone else.

it's much more difficult to get close to someone who knows you're already there. if there's a good bit of open space between the both of you, there's pretty much 0 chance you're killing that LR, unless you plan on going around the entire map, in which case you'll probably get blown up or shot up with something else, or that LR is long gone. i'm sure this is all easily accounted for with a cohesive team and cover fire, but i've been rolling solo the entire time.

Yeah, but all it takes is that couple of seconds to cut someone in half. LRs kill me faster at long range than HMGs do at close range, it's just too much IMO, not to mention how they can rip the shields off vehicles.

Yeah, but all it takes is that couple of seconds to cut someone in half. LRs kill me faster at long range than HMGs do at close range, it's just too much IMO, not to mention how they can rip the shields off vehicles.

A couple of seconds is longer than it takes for a good AR user in the closer edges of mid-range, and longer than a Sniper Rifle takes at longer range than the Laser, and longer than my Shotgun takes even against some Heavies in CQC range.

Also, check my edit.

this is your first mistake. Seriously. get into a squad and stick together.

Solo players are dogmeat against anything resembling a coordinated counterattack.

Lasers can only hit one person at a time. Even an AR can hit multiple people spooning together. Think about it.

What i'm trying to say is no weapon has a fighting chance against a LR at it's ideal range. every other weapon, at it's ideal range (except snipers for obvious reasons) can still potentially lose in a firefight. the LR is imbalanced in that aspect. even if i had dropped to a knee and peppered him with headshots robo-cop style, with 100% accuracy, i still doubt my chances of survival against a LR.

What i'm trying to say is no weapon has a fighting chance against a LR at it's ideal range. every other weapon, at it's ideal range (except snipers for obvious reasons) can still potentially lose in a firefight. the LR is imbalanced in that aspect. even if i had dropped to a knee and peppered him with headshots robo-cop style, with 100% accuracy, i still doubt my chances of survival against a LR.

Scout with Laser Rifle dies just fine to most ARs before he can heat his weapon up enough to cut through an Assault's (or Logi's) armour.

Assault with LR usually dies first against AR fire if he doesn't already have his weapon warmed up.

Any non-Heavy LR user will drop fast against an AR- or HMG-equipped Heavy. They're even vulnerable against a heavy's sidearm if they're in the closer end of the LR's effective range.

EDIT: And if you're complaining about LR Heavies, then I'm sorry, but you're just bad at fighting Laser Rifles and I can't help you.

Seens like someone's favorite weapon is getting nerfed.

Thanks to all the whining and whimpering from people who don't know a thing about optimum range or heat up time, Lasers are being nerfed.

Hard.


Sources from IRC say there's a range, damage, AND clip size nerf, along with maybe overheat changes.


Once again, thank you guys for the QQ, there's another weapon out. Mass Drivers are next. Then HMG. Then Scramblers (oh wait), then what else? Honestly, let's just make it AR 514.


Also, just to make it clear, I do not use Lasers often, in fact I haven't even spec ed into them since reset, before the reset I did carry a Viziam.

Its great to know that the development of this game is directed by the 20-40 people that cry the most on this forum.

Isn't it.

Any scout suit with an AR will be insta-zapped by a Laser rifle before he gets close

Assault rifles with an AR usually die first against an LR since it's easy for him to get his weapon warmed up.

Any Heavy with an AR or HMG will be cooked alive inside their suit by an LR since it is hardest for them to get away.

see I can do that to, your argument is meaningless.

Bad news... the only nerf needed with Lasers isnt actually a nerf but a fix. The only thing wrong with them is the overheat mechanics that doesnt work properly. Over heat comes too late even at lvl 1.

Regarding damage. Only the basic LR needs a slight nerf to make the elm7 actually usefull.


Please CCP. Try and make slight adjustments and not hammer the whole thing. Or you ll never reach balance.

Thanks to all the whining and whimpering from people who don't know a thing about optimum range or heat up time, Lasers are being nerfed.

Hard.


Sources from IRC say there's a range, damage, AND clip size nerf, along with maybe overheat changes.


Once again, thank you guys for the QQ, there's another weapon out. Mass Drivers are next. Then HMG. Then Scramblers (oh wait), then what else? Honestly, let's just make it AR 514.


Also, just to make it clear, I do not use Lasers often, in fact I haven't even spec ed into them since reset, before the reset I did carry a Viziam.

except that they already bitched and moaned about the ar's till they got nerfed hard

Nefd how?

How are they nerfed? Scopes? They're coming back. Recoil? We all knew it was coming, it's a actually a bug that took it out earlier. Please, tell me more. Still by far easiest weapon to get kills with is AR. Multi purpose, basically does everything.

Are you serious lol? You forget the damage got nerfed AND flattened. The TAR is useless now and so are the breach ARs.

Multipurpose except that lasers will smoke ARs long range. ARs only have a chance if they can get close enough.

The "easiest" weapon to get kills with?? You have to aim with the AR. You can miss with the MD and still get the kill. Laser users don't even come near the fights. They just stand on the outskirts and just melt everyone down in secs.

Are you serious lol? You forget the damage got nerfed AND flattened. The TAR is useless now and so are the breach ARs.

Multipurpose except that lasers will smoke ARs long range. ARs only have a chance if they can get close enough.

The "easiest" weapon to get kills with?? You have to aim with the AR. You can miss with the MD and still get the kill. Laser users don't even come near the fights. They just stand on the outskirts and just melt everyone down in secs.

Can someone answer this question:

Why does an overheating laser rifle deal more damage when an overheating HMG doesn't?

Isn't overheating a disadvantage of an inadequate cooling system? If anything, an overheating device becomes less efficient rather than more.


I'm wondering if two separate mechanisms (time on target) and overheating got conflated due to the first being broken. It makes sense that a laser would do more damage per unit time to a target over time, after all the heat would build up on the target with more being pumped in. What doesn't make sense is that the beam could be "cooked" firing in the air and only then be swept across a target for huge damage.

My take is that CCP just counted firing time rather than time on target by mistake.

speeding up the overheating will make them more powerful.

Tactics are OP. Nerf tactics.

Seriously, since this build started I've been killed by a laser maybe 5 times...that's it. You just have to use your brain a little. Want to cross over a wide open area and see an enemy laser beam? Don't do it, go some other way. Laser dude shooting at you? Sprint into cover, let your shields regen a little and get up in his face. If you die to a laser at close range, the laser itself was not responsible for your death. All the other guys shooting at you were, the laser just got lucky and did the final point of damage.

The laser can do quite high levels of damage, but only for extremely short periods, after which the rifle is overheating and needs a reload. It's also the only weapon that can kill the user simply by firing it. Lasers are a squad weapon, they absolutely require support if people have the brains needed to analyze their surroundings. A weapon that requires teamwork to use effectively, and is countered by longer range weapons and intelligent footwork is not OP.