Laser frequency doubler penalty?

[luxon001]

Do they even have any, there is nothing mentioned in the description or stats...

[xchrisx88]

the ones that increase AP? no

[luxon001]

so a 400 AP laser eats as much power as an 1 AP laser?
oh well then...
shredding time...

[Arngrim]

The penalty is space, lasers are quite large even without huge ap.

[luxon001]

Originally posted by Andors:

The penalty is space, lasers are quite large even without huge ap.

But the frequency doublers are 1x1x1 and can fit them easily on another coupler...

But thanks for the info...

[xchrisx88]

you dont need more than 40 AP vs Heavy Armor, cause Lasers ignore armor layering

[luxon001]

Originally posted by xchrisx88:

you dont need more than 40 AP vs Heavy Armor, cause Lasers ignore armor layering

Currently my 200 AP slow fire death ray is very useful for going in and out of an enemy...

But due to AI innacuracy and its 5s cooldown its best for me to board the enemy vessel and call in a strike on the most explosive piece (which idk how to do yet)

[FourGreenFields]

Originally posted by xchrisx88:

you dont need more than 40 AP vs Heavy Armor, cause Lasers ignore armor layering

*80AP. You need twice the target's AC to deal full damage.

Keep in mind that adding more pumps increases the number of doublers you need. So if you have a laser with loads of pumps, the doublers might take up more room.

[Arngrim]

Originally posted by luxon001:

Originally posted by Andors:

The penalty is space, lasers are quite large even without huge ap.

But the frequency doublers are 1x1x1 and can fit them easily on another coupler...

But thanks for the info...

Yep, on large ships this isn't really an issue at all, but when trying to do smaller builds that do respectable laser damage it becomes quite tricky.

[luxon001]

Thanks...
Thats all i needed...