Mashmak - Beam Autocannon needs a nerf

[Squirrelstien]

I think it's safe to say the Beam Autocannon is, without a doubt, OP. I mean you can dual wield them (with no penalty), they fully bypass fluid armor which is insane, they have a decent fire rate, and to top it all of, at level 1 they deal 13,000 damage. Ignoring resistances and shields, 7 shots from this weapon will kill ANY player... which is not hard to do.

So how do we bring this more inline with the rest of the mashmak weapons? Well for starters make it inline with EVERY OTHER RANGED WEAPON THAT PENETRATES FLUID ARMOR, and make it so only a partial amount goes through. This will help, but I doubt that people will stop using it as widely as they are now. So lets fix that.

First off, all but one Mashmak weapon is directly related to a player mech weapon. The Beam Autocannon is no different, and so let us look at the closest weapon that is like the Beam Autocannon... Skyraider's energy weapon. This weapon has a charge up to get the same beam shot as the beam autocannon, SO why no just do the same thing to it. A 1 second charge up to shoot enemies. This would make this reduce it's overall strength without out right breaking the weapon.

Also before anyone says, "BUT IT WOULD BREAK IT!" Think about this, every other weapon that partially bypasses the Fluid Armor has a longer charge up time.

[Arcanis]

At level 4 it actually out ranges & damages tricera's normal guns i find myself just using them now

[TinFoilMkIV]

It needs real drawbacks. Like smaller clip and slower clip restore rate.

Right now it's a hit scan weapon, with great range, and by far top dps, with almost no ammo concerns. There are a handfull of other weapons that also do great damage, but have significant drawbacks that you can actually play around besides hoping your opponent has horrible timing with their shots.

[Shontz]

someone tested sword on luminae?
12 seconds of ''support jetwinged'' boost attack would be the real aerial overlord. <3