Do incendiary rounds turn a kinetic gun into laser gun?

[Darty]

Basically yes. It's the silliest effect ever. Basically removes multicannons drawback.

While I can't contest that it is a very silly effect, I must contest it is THE silliest effect, as there are so many contenders to that title that a simple damage type conversion effect cannot compete.

 

[Pville_Piper]

"Do incendiary rounds turn a kinetic gun into laser gun? "​

No... Lasers go pew-pew and Multi-canons go

brrrrrrt ​

Look in here for a definition of brrrrrrrt...

Spoiler

[video=youtube_share;33teK7L4DM4]https://youtu.be/33teK7L4DM4[/video]

 

[EvoBeardy]

"Do incendiary rounds turn a kinetic gun into laser gun? "​

No... Lasers go pew-pew and Multi-canons go

brrrrrrt ​

Look in here for a definition of brrrrrrrt...

Spoiler

https://youtu.be/33teK7L4DM4

I see your A-10 and raise you;

[video=youtube;3M_5oYU-IsU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M_5oYU-IsU&t=2m29s[/video]

[EDIT - Can't make it start at 2m29s here on mobile for some reason]

 

[Witcher 7]

The description on the effect says "converting a large portion to thermal." A large portion, not all. Whether it's half or more (or less) isn't clear, but it's definitely not "completely."

I'm with you b/c I have put Incendiary rounds on my MCs in the past and they are not half as effective as beams in shredding shields. This year I have tried Oversized which adds some additional kinetic damage but it's still not very effective despite target ship's shields are broken.

So recently, I decided to try Sturdy. I use MCs after I have shredded target's shields so hopefully increase AP ought to thin hulls faster - hoping to test them out in this week's CG.

 

[C64Fan]

The main problem with overcharged beams is not thermal load or even distributor draw, but damage falloff. Any overcharged beam has better DPS than long-range only until 1300 meters. That's why you go for long-range lasers on Big 3 and T10. Medium ships are better with efficient lasers - they usually have no trouble with distance (so damage falloff is less of a problem), but their weapon capacitors aren't big enough to power long-range lasers (not to mention overcharged).

I didn’t think of that. Thanks .