Engineers Thermal Vent mechanics

[CMDR_MrKoss]

Hello, commanders!

I want to figure out with few things about beam lasers. Can someone tell me, how termal vent mechanic works? Does it depends on damage factor? For example, Overcherged, or Short Range main effect makes better cooling than less damage effects.
Or is just hit necessary? And how it works with range fall off factor?

Thank you

 

[Morbad]

Thermal vent seems to invert the thermal load of the weapon as long as the beam is striking a valid target (who need not be targeted). There does not seem to be any falloff at all.

 

[Voracity_T]

I found there to be a noticable falloff but then that might be due to choice of modification on the laser.

Long range appears to tbe the most effective.