Exocraft mounted cannon and mining laser are worse than handheld?

[March]

So, it's the first time I've gotten an exocraft. I have the starter exocraft (Roamer) now, and have both the mounted cannon and mining laser installed on it.

Both are TERRIBLE! The "powerful" cannon does maybe a quarter of my bolt caster (no upgrades). The mining laser can't cut into rocks that say they need advanced mining laser, and takes 4 or more times longer than my handheld (only handheld upgrade is advanced mining laser).

Please tell me the bigger "better" exocraft have more power behind them? Please?

[LoboFH]

Perhaps there is minig upgrades for them?

[Double]

I found that even with the laser upgrade, it's pure crap for anything other than deposit veins. The "upgrade" says it adds 5000% damage, but I still haven't figured out what it actually applies to. Seems to do the same pathetic damage to sentinels and minerals/flora as it did before upgrading. I will say that the exovraft laser is BOSS for mining deposits though, because it just takes carbon to charge unlike the terrain manipulator which takes ferrite.

[March]

I can imagine that there are mining upgrades. However, we're talking about *unupgraded* bolt caster and barely upgraded handheld mining laser.

Both literally do 8 damage per shot. I just double checked. It took me probably 30-45 seconds to take down a hostile plant vs less than 5 with my handheld mining laser.

Further, the damage is so crap, that it cost me MORE carbon to destroy a tree than I *got* from the tree.

EDIT: Just used the mining laser on a copper deposit. It's incredible for deposits! Took maybe a second to clear 75% of the deposit!