Buff Beam Weapons

[One X]

Specifically Freeze Ray, Proton Backpack and Unicorn Horn, the others are okay. Getting these without Banana Jam Hands is depressing. During bosses you just have to wait them out - no way you are doing reasonable damage and dodging at the same time with those three weapons. During normal gameplay you just can't kill enemies fast enough with that terrible dps resulting in a screen full of enemies and nowhere to stand. Currently I'd rather have a default pistol than aforementioned guns.

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by One X:

Specifically Freeze Ray, Proton Backpack and Unicorn Horn, the others are okay. Getting these without Banana Jam Hands is depressing. During bosses you just have to wait them out - no way you are doing reasonable damage and dodging at the same time with those three weapons. During normal gameplay you just can't kill enemies fast enough with that terrible dps resulting in a screen full of enemies and nowhere to stand. Currently I'd rather have a default pistol than aforementioned guns.

unicorn horn is the absolute worst, at least Ice beam lets you freeze enemies to sink into a pit to die, unicorn just does terrible damage

[Jm0n]

freeze ray you have to rely on freeze mechanic, either they fall or you move on
proton/unicorn do decent damage with huge knockback

the real issue is the actual wooden beam weapon....
either you catch an enemy really close and get numerous hits instantly while pushing them clear away, or you keep it extended and hold your position while doing no damage

[wafflekitty]

Wood Beam can do extra damage if you slap enemies with it by swinging it around.

I do agree that Proton Backpack and Unicorn Horn could do better damage, but they aren’t unusably bad.

But Freeze Ray... my god Freeze Ray is awful. Please buff it.

[Fr1tz]

I've always thought the Unicorn Horn should have the magic bullet effect that the Witch Pistol and Bundle of Wands have. Would certainly make it more bearable, outside of boss fights, without needing a damage boost as beam weapons are best when there is an effect to apply (like Freeze Ray), though a damage boost would be best for bosses as actually getting the beam to the boss before needing to dodge is a pain.

Proton Pack would be somewhat nicer if it erased bullets that touched the stream as reference to not crossing the streams. Still, even if it did have the bullet erasing mechanic, it'd still be doing far too little damage to be fun and needs a damage boost considering the beam travel time.

Freeze Ray needs a damage boost as well despite the insta-kills you can get with it as that isn't a surefire thing, and it's terrible when it shows up in a boss fight.

[B0L0!]

The only kind of reliable one i think is the freeze ray because you can freeze enemy's and they will fall into the pit. The proton pack is fine depending on what elevator your on and unicorn horn is just bad. Moon Scraper isn't that bad.