I have not vested in those skills, only operations to unlock the Laser Rifle. Thanks for sharing this information though, I would not have vested in those skills due to me feeling like they are not even needed.

Zero you do realize that most of the Skill levels is simply a way to eat SP, right?

That is why it is set up this way. Everything in DUST is for consumption. Are you thinking like an RPG player or FPS?

Player gains SP, spends SP, gains access to better guns (the Skill bonus is not important) so the cycle can start anew.
Or the player decides to use a different type of weapon. First they need to speed SP. A coincidence? I think not.

The point of the matter, Kal, is that the skills for Laser Rifle aren't doing anything. Yes, it is a commonly understood fact that the higher skilled you are in a certain skill, the better equipment you can get from said skill. It is also a commonly understood fact that when said skill states that it gives a bonus per level, the player earns said bonus for each level invested.

So it's not 'simply a way to eat SP' in this case. You're thinking of Dropsuits, which in fact do NOT give a bonus, and simply allow access to better gear.

I bitched about this in a few other threads and there still hasn't been any word from CCP. Apparently, it being broken is working as intended.

Apparent is nice, but I'd rather make sure that they know then just hope. The buyer's remorse for Laser Rifle V is enough incentive, and both to ensure that it is fixed and to make sure no one spends their hard-earned points on a literally useless skill are decent goals.

It's honestly a shame that you go through all of that to get the ELM-7 for (hang on to something) 4% tacked on to the overheat.

Skills don't work
ELM-7 doesn't have a damage/range increase
Viziam is far too expensive for what you have to go through in order to get it
As are the (aforementioned broken) skills.

I have no idea why they fail to mention this week after week in the Bugs/Feedback weekly reports but it's seriously getting irritating. My suggestion? Mass produce threads on the General Discussions so that the moderators have to keep moving them to Feedback/Bugs - then they HAVE to do something about it because it's just annoying the **** out of them otherwise.

ELM-7 does have a range and damage increase. Damage increase in the sense that you can fire it longer without overheating. Increase in max range as well as a smaller increase in optimal range. Viziam has no range increase over the ELM-7 and the extra time before cooldown is negated by the fact that you would emtpy the clip before it overheated. Which I believe would also be the case with the ELM-7 if the skills worked properly. CCP just needs to fix the whole damn thing.

Welp, CCP says you can't bump threads.

So, Bump. Shameless bump, in fact.

Yes because that extra 4% mag's worth of damage is going to make such a significant difference.

Disagree, in case you couldn't tell. The ELM-7 needs a bit of a damage increase so as not to make it entirely a range based upgrade over the standard Laser Rifle.