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Laser Rifle - useless ?
Takai:
I always saw laser weapons as a simple (to both reseach and produce) substitute for plasma weapons unless plasmas are captured in reasonable numbers and then researched. It was clipless not by accident!
By making a clip-fed laser, it's no longer worth it anymore. Research clip for every weapon? I can research much better plasma instead (and never come back)! Painstingly remember to produce clips for every single mission? I can (and often must) produce other things instead (like plasma clips, if needed)!
Laser = worthless gimmick now (even more since it's appearantly inferior even to firearms). But OK, your game.
Takai:
Also< I noticed you seem to make laser weapons a sniper weapons. How about Heavy Laser being a long-range single shot weapon, and Laser Rifle being a general-purpose rifle?
Surrealistik:
I've spoken with BTAxis about the laser weaponry over IRC. We've come to the seeming consensus that the laser pistol and rifle will become much faster firing, increasing their damage/TU (raw efficiency) ratio, in addition to the latter's clip size. The heavy laser in the meanwhile may utilize the sniper skill, and is likely to be made more damaging. These cumulative changes should have the effect of making the laser series viable.
Aiki-Knight:
As for the aliens' weapons' superiority, I think they should indeed be superior, in some cases, even in every respect. The aliens' technology should considerably outstrip human tech; weapons balance is a contradiction in terms with the premise of the game being what it is. The player should have to resort to superior tactics, discipline, fire-arc control and layout in order to overcome superior technology in the aliens, and game skill-level selection can compensate for those learning the game. I know that most, if not all, players of this game already engage in such tactics, but I'd like to emphasize that it's the difficult odds of the story that make it such a compelling one.
Serrax:
I share Aiki-Knight's point of view. I'd prefer the alien technology keeping superior vs. the human tech.
Furher:
For me, all laser-weapons but the heavy laser are balanced. For the heavy laser I would suggest more ammo (for example 9 shots like the grenade launcher).
And of course, I'd like a ultra-heavy laser-cannon for the interceptors (other thread?).
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