- LR PD Laser: range increased to 800, flux/second increased to 100
This looks like a flux hog for (LR) PD, especially for low DPS.
The idea is you'd only really want to mount it on a dedicated point defense/escort ship. Or on a larger ship, where it's not as big a deal. It's now basically a support weapon.
It does get somewhat outperformed by Tactical + Turret Gyros + IPDAI, but I don't really want to balance against that being always available.
Are we gonna see a medium and large mount weapon for the new and improved Atropos in the future? With greater speed and tracking its just been potentially put into the "will use" category!
Not sure; might not be a great idea to have even more guided firepower of that magnitude.
the High Intensity Laser changes sound dangerous as well, but i think it needs one more buff: increased turret turn speed. it turns way slower than even Tachyon Lance or Plasma Cannon, which makes it pretty useless for the Odyssey and the side mounts of the Paragon, which can't just aim by turning the whole ship.
I think that'd be too good vs frigates and other such. It's still got all the benefits of being a beam weapon vs smaller targets; the slow turn rate has always been intended to offset that.