Pulse, burst or beam?
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Beams all day and twice on Sunday for me. Long range thermal vent fixed, bigger the better with weapon focused power distro.
Don't like burst in general, although half damage to kinetic mod is fun on a vulture.
Pulse meh, Ok to hit smaller ships, rapid fire mod with gimbal or fixed is good.
ACQ
Don't like burst in general, although half damage to kinetic mod is fun on a vulture.
Pulse meh, Ok to hit smaller ships, rapid fire mod with gimbal or fixed is good.
ACQ
Use beams only for the experimental effects limited to them.
Pulse and burst aren't that different, but might want to keep an eye on heat level when using burst.
Pulse and burst aren't that different, but might want to keep an eye on heat level when using burst.
I am a fan of all laser types and multi-cannons. Most of my ships only have some combination of these four weapon types.
For fixed weapons Beam all the way. When I am on target I want to do as much damage as I can, and a beam laser is the easiest to aim with because it's both hitscan & just draws a continual line so you always know when you are on target.
For turrets I'll take burst over pulse if I can spare the power capacity, I never use beam turrets, the cost (heat, distro draw) is just too high for me.
For gimbals I'll usually choose multi-cannons over any laser, after which similar rules to turrets apply - it depends on the distributor draw.
With engineering generally I prefer long range weapons on the basis that the best form of defence is to not get hit so it's the sniper life for me
For fixed weapons Beam all the way. When I am on target I want to do as much damage as I can, and a beam laser is the easiest to aim with because it's both hitscan & just draws a continual line so you always know when you are on target.
For turrets I'll take burst over pulse if I can spare the power capacity, I never use beam turrets, the cost (heat, distro draw) is just too high for me.
For gimbals I'll usually choose multi-cannons over any laser, after which similar rules to turrets apply - it depends on the distributor draw.
With engineering generally I prefer long range weapons on the basis that the best form of defence is to not get hit so it's the sniper life for me
Depends on the ship, its outfitting, engineering and your pocketbook. If money is no object I usually prefer a mix of beam and pulse. Beams for the DPS and Pulse for the long range mod, Scramble Spectrum x-effect and lower power consumption.
When's my huge frags coming?
Three purple, efficient beams on my Krait, so I can scribe wiggly lines on the enemy hulls.
When's my huge frags coming?
I want huge Rails!!!
Of my ships that have weps:
Both Corvettes: 2 huge beams.
Krait: 3 beams.
Python: 3 beams.
Vulture: 2 beams.
So you could say that I'm a bit fond of beams.
ROFLMAO!!
Not a fan of rails, BTBH I've not played with them much. But give me two huge rails on my vette? Where do I sign up?
Repped.
Both Corvettes: 2 huge beams.
Krait: 3 beams.
Python: 3 beams.
Vulture: 2 beams.
So you could say that I'm a bit fond of beams.
ROFLMAO!!
Not a fan of rails, BTBH I've not played with them much. But give me two huge rails on my vette? Where do I sign up?
Repped.
D rate the thrusters and use Huge Plasma Slug rails to fly
I use them all. Pulses on small ships with small distributors, burst on bigger ships in pairs or threes. If I have a bigger ship and can only fit a single laser, it's an efficient beam. For multiple lasers, I use bursts. My krait has 3 large fixed LR G5 bursts and it works wonders but can get toasty.
Bob Lighthouse
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It depends.
The biggest drawback for lasers is the terrible damage falloff.
So when possible, I use long range or focused engineering.
I like beams for the thermal vent special.
You can frost your ships up with those; 0% heat in no time.
But beams are very power hungry so you are limited to the efficient mod in many builds.
Bursts have the best damage/energy.
Phasing(if you use several) and scramble spectrum are useful experimental effects and bursts take well to LR and focused.
I use pulses when I don't have enough power/dist for bursts.
I find beams to be definitely the most aesthetically pleasing. Given that everything has its good and bad points, that seems to me a decent basis on which to decide.
