Flak seems overpowered, honestly.

[CoyoteXLI]

The amount of system power required vs the impact the weapon has just seems flat out better than most other weapons; especially for the 2 but even for the 1. I got to the flagship with double flak 2, preigniter, and automated reload (weapon recharge augment) and cleared the first phase with no damage to me... and this was essentially my first attempt on hard. And it doesn't even require ammo. Definitely becoming one of my go-to weapon types, at any rate.

[Bwixie]

yeah its good, but the inaccuracy can be trouble sometimes.

[anarcher]

It's balanced by the fact that def.drones shoot it's projectiles and the slow travel time, but yeah they're way too common which makes them powerful.

[AnimeKnowAll]

I dont think the Flak is overpowered. It takes 20 seconds for Flak 2 to charge and it has a very wide radius which make it inaccurate for hitting some ships. The boss is huge so its practically a perfect target for ur Flak 2. With a pre-igniter u probably could hv killed it in 1 charge if u replaced 1 Flak 2 with a Glaive Beam.

The Flak on the Lanius B however tat is overpowered. it uses 1 power for 3 shots and it shoots even faster than the normal flak.

[dyra55]

Originally posted by AnimeKnowAll:

The boss is huge so its practically a perfect target for ur Flak 2.

"YOU ARE HUGE. GUTS ARE HUGE. RIP AND TEAR!"

[Drain]

Use the twinge balance mod as it makes the weapon balance much better. Things like flaks and burst 2 are nerfed, other things are buffed. Burst 3 is literally half the cost of burst 2 with this mod, which makes it worth using. This mod should just be the standard for the game.

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Originally posted by Drain:

Use the twinge balance mod as it makes the weapon balance much better. Things like flaks and burst 2 are nerfed, .

I wouldn't call BL2 "nerfed," and I also wouldn't call flak "nerfed." Just made less common and upped the price a bit.


The reason flak isn't OP is because it sucks at hitting autoscouts and in fact any 2x1 room. I had a full flak run with the Crystal A (was something on the lines of Flak II + 2x Flak I) and while that murdered anything I came across hitting autoscouts was terribly, terribly, slow.

[Petralicious]

Wait 'till you pack a bunch of Burst Lasers together.
Literally Flak but more accurate.
Or Flak + any beam.

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Originally posted by PH_007:

Wait 'till you pack a bunch of Burst Lasers together.
Literally Flak but more accurate.
Or Flak + any beam.

Yes, but BL2 is rare as heck when Flak I is as common as muck.

I still have never had more than three BL2, but I've had four Flak I plenty of times.

[Petralicious]

Originally posted by aidenpons:

Originally posted by PH_007:

Wait 'till you pack a bunch of Burst Lasers together.
Literally Flak but more accurate.
Or Flak + any beam.

Yes, but BL2 is rare as heck when Flak I is as common as muck.

I still have never had more than three BL2, but I've had four Flak I plenty of times.

They seem to be both as rare to me.
Also damn three BL2s that's some firepower.

[CoyoteXLI]

Laser spam is indeed also really strong at everything. It's sheer reliability means it's always good. I still think the amount of shield disruption per power you get from flak makes it often just better than an ion weapon or most other types, even if you have to pair it with some other things if you want to target fire systems. And the amount of hull damage from 2 flak IIs made me laugh at the fact that hull lasers exist... Once I got the preigniter, many jumps went:

1. show up
2. enemy threatens
3. I do not care
4. DOOMDOOM
5. "Your ship is surprisingly well equipped!"

Maybe not the absolute strongest, but still quite ridiculous and hilarious. Especially with cloaking for even more free shots.

[Skinny Pete]

The one minor weakness of flak even against shields is you often have to time your lasers behind it, because you don't want to waste your accurately aimed weapons against stuff that only reliably takes down shields.

Flak, like ions, travels more slowly than your laser spam.

That said, Flak I is easily the best of all the common weapons.

Considering how tough this game is in general, I find it hard to object much to having just one really useful item you're actually pretty likely to encounter.