I assume you meant that high level players don't miss a lot.

At the moment though, there's no incentive for players to use any type of laser weapon except for Mad Thorax, since its DPS, DPE, and size are all optimal and any potential target can be immobilized by a few tractor ships. If you want beam-type lasers to see use, it's going to come down to new content creation that discourages the use of thorax weapons, while encouraging laser-type damage.

I agree that the current diffuser system is unbalanced. Why should energy and laser damage be so easy to protect from? However, it will be a nightmare to rebalance matters the way you suggest, even if you do come out with higher-tech versions of Reactive and Volatile diffusers that function roughly like the current ones do. At any rate, I would recommend that you not worry about the PvP aspect of lasers, since there are plenty of alternatives and most ships have good laser resistance anyway.

Sorry, typo. Should have been "high players *don't miss a lot".

lol

Well, one thing you have to keep in mind is that lasers just aren't as much fun as other types of weaponry. Having a limited but significant amount of challenge inherent in hitting your target is a big part of making it fun...as a gunner, i know this better than most classes

Yes, that's why things generally have better resists to lasers and lasers do inherently less damage.

I'm not all for AI raping my ships like they did with big class skills before nerf.

Just from looking at the title. These lasers can't even turn bread into toast because there so bad!

Nerf down the hit rate modifier that makes them so crappy in your balance sheets for the higher techs please!

Only real laser I consider to use is a the medium laser at lower levels and perhaps the Mad Thorax (which I know it isn't a laser really).

its true..about the only laser weapon i consider worth my time using is that mad thorax.. about the only laser weapon with any sort of damage to it. i can diffuse laser so easily and it doesn't do a whole lot against ships anyhow.

Imo, lasers (and energy) should be taken out, with the current weapons changed to different damage types, and the crits worked around so that you need a seer for most of your critting/disabling/gremming needs.

Meh, but the idea is to keep damage types/resists as simple as possible.

You keep telling me to apply KISS...

Yeah, I would kind of like to get rid of the laser damage type, too, since it doesn't really make any sense. It's a delivery method, not really a damage type. I feel like at this point a major revamp on damage types wouldn't be the best use of time, though.

revamp would be nice in C2. i never really cared for C2, nor its promises, i only care about you guys getting it done so you can stop saying Soon*TM and either do it or not.
note, im not bitching, just stating my eagerness for aforementioned project to finish.

Actually when you think about it, LASER is Heat ...

because basically any high power laser in real life generates Heat..

that's on earth, this game is in space also SS isn't realistic.