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General Discussion / Re: Beam weapons need a buff
« on: April 08, 2021, 05:27:36 AM »
I just don't use beams for anything, they're less effective than any other weapon I could be using in their place.
Exceptions are the classic phase lance, tachyon, etc.
And also Scy and Diable's EMP beams (diable's could do with a small buff though) which I found nice to use on frigates - vapors in particular with the hacking commlink. They deal very small damage through the shield and sometimes put a module offline through the shield. That's the kind of utility beams need if they're gonna be worth bothering with.
So far the only thing I found beams useful for was super long range anti-fighter work using the point defense hullmod. My conclusion is that, yes beams can be viable, but I can also just use something even more viable instead.
Exceptions are the classic phase lance, tachyon, etc.
And also Scy and Diable's EMP beams (diable's could do with a small buff though) which I found nice to use on frigates - vapors in particular with the hacking commlink. They deal very small damage through the shield and sometimes put a module offline through the shield. That's the kind of utility beams need if they're gonna be worth bothering with.
So far the only thing I found beams useful for was super long range anti-fighter work using the point defense hullmod. My conclusion is that, yes beams can be viable, but I can also just use something even more viable instead.