Anyone Use Burst Laser III?

[tiberiansun371alexw]

The Burst Laser III isn't exactly a good weapon. It's sometimes been compared to two Burst Lasers II which I think is unfair because the Burst Laser II is one of the best laser weapons in the game (so the bar is too high) and getting multiple Burst Laser II is going to take lots of luck anyways. It has also been compared to a Burst Laser I and Burst Laser II which is... fair. So normally if you get a free Burst Laser III, it's time to sell for some nice scrap.

Has anyone gotten a Burst Laser III in an event, get to a store the same sector, and not sell it at said store? That would imply you've somehow managed to fit this lemon into a loadout.

I think the only time I've actually used this was in a Kestrel run where I got it from the Mantis crusier quest. I kept looking for an opportunity to sell it for something better, but I never got anything better.

[Arpente Reves]

Used one because I couldn't penetrate shields, but tbh it's so rare

[God's Chosen Procrastinator]

Once and never again

[tiberiansun371alexw]

引用自 Arpente Reves：

Used one because I couldn't penetrate shields, but tbh it's so rare

The run I've had every time I was like "does this store sell a Breach Bomb, Small Bomb, Burst Laser I, Burst Laser II, Chain Laser, or Heavy laser?" And everytime I was still stuck with the Burst Laser III. At least I still won the game.

[ReBootXD]

I used it on a Kestral run, I used it with the default Burst Laser II and two Heavy Laser I’s

Normally I wouldn’t bother because the recharge time is insane, but I had a weapon pre-ignitor on that run and a cloak lvl 2. So I was able to get off 2 complete volleys before enemy ships could charge their first.

Needless to say; shredded everything and was a load of fun lol

[tiberiansun371alexw]

引用自 ReBootXD：

I used it on a Kestral run, I used it with the default Burst Laser II and two Heavy Laser I’s

Normally I wouldn’t bother because the recharge time is insane, but I had a weapon pre-ignitor on that run and a cloak lvl 2. So I was able to get off 2 complete volleys before enemy ships could charge their first.

Needless to say; shredded everything and was a load of fun lol

Pre ireigniter is always nice.

[mltnschroeder]

I've used it to replace 2 Burst Laser IIs when I wanted to add another non-burster weapon to the slot.

Once I managed to buy/find 4x Burst Laser IIs while flying the Fed Cruiser! THAT was a fun run! Flagship was a piece of cake.

[anarcher]

At least in certain mods it's "fixed" so it either costs much less and performs better, or has another middle ground option inserted between it and BL2. 3 power, 4 shots, this is not a difficult concept to get right.

[tiberiansun371alexw]

引用自 anarcher：

At least in certain mods it's "fixed"

Yeah, I want to know if anyone in vanilla FTL actually got and used Burst Laser III without selling it at the next store.

[anarcher]

Oh I've definitely used BL3 in vanilla many times. Sometimes you just don't have anything, and on 3 weapon slot ships it's not as terrible waste of power.

[Nivlache]

I used it a few times though normally if I'd have to choose another 4-power slot consuming weapon BL3 would be my last choice , the charge up time and power-slot cost combined just seems to not worth it must of the time unlike with Vulcan or Glaive-Beam
Only time I had fun use of it was when I was somehow was able to get two Burst-Laser IIs and a Burst Laser III with a weapon pre-igniter, tried it on a few other runs, didn't went well.
I may try it again as I just returned to FTL after two years of absence though not sure if I want to try it on livestream but sounds fun actually.

[tiberiansun371alexw]

引用自 Axy：

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Only time I had fun use of it was when I was somehow was able to get two Burst-Laser IIs and a Burst Laser III with a weapon pre-igniter, tried it on a few other runs, didn't went well.

I once had Glaive Beam + Burst Laser III, + Heavy Laser + Hermes missile with a pre-igniter. Fun times. Normally two four power weapons is just bad because one hit to the weapons screws up your offense but in this case I just get to chuck all that stuff at the enemy.

[dollars202]

Had a flak 2 and burst laser 3 on a ship once with 3 combat drones. just melt their shields with flak use the laser to pummel em and watch your drones murder em, used pre-igniter and defense scrabler and it was game over for everything with one volley pretty much.

[anarcher]

That's just a preigniter build then. If you had even 2x BL1's instead of BL3, you'd still deal more damage overall with those 4 power. Not to mention you could get crew kills with BL1's because they can start fires, and BL3 can't.

[tiberiansun371alexw]

引用自 anarcher：

That's just a preigniter build then. If you had even 2x BL1's instead of BL3, you'd still deal more damage overall with those 4 power.

Pre-igniter and hacking turn several inefficient builds into viable ones. Heck hacking can turn flat out useless builds into viable ones. But he still used it so technically it fits.

[Skinny Pete]

I've used it when I had absolutely nothing else. Or a Pre-Igniter. It's not completely terrible when paired with another slow-firing weapon like a Flak II so long as you have a reasonably defensive build and can suck up an enemy volley.