Agreed though one of this things I would have said was to be more predictable in it arc trajectory. People have shot Plasma Launchers at me before and often missed horribly because of odd shot patterns.

Don't know how to do burning effect unless it either deals damages to armour beneath shields or consistently damages shields at a low rate for a set period of time (which to me makes more sense because the Gallente develop weapons to fight the Caldari)

I did not try the Plasma Launcher yet, but i think it should have 2 different fire modes.

Normal fire mode
Like now ( with all the buff/nerf you are suggesting, idk , i had never use it)

Mortar like fire mode
When you crouch, you lay your weapon on the field and you use it like a mortar, the reload mechanics are the same of a mortar and splash radius should be increased when you shoot in mortar mode.

They must have failed in something, if it's for CQ engagements...
I've never been killed by one, they should change this weapon from CQ to a mortar to be useful.

or because they are quite useless the way they are now?

Doesn't need bigger blast radius- it's meant for AV.

It just needs more damage per shot, and to increase in damage more every tier

Don't the drones use Hybrid weapons though? I've played EVE before, and I thought they were using Blasters... Or do they supply drones for all the other races?

Because I know in EVE I ran an Amarrian Tormentor with 2 Medium Scout Drones. Might've been Light Scout though, I'm not sure. It was the Amarrian variant of the Gallente Hobgoblin, I think.

EDIT: Ok, yea, I looked it up and I had the Acolyte I.