Binary Laser Cannon, my new love

[Nero]

Gotta say I was skeptical if it was a good idea to add new guns... and I want no more updates honestly but... this thing... it is AWESOME.

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by Nero:

Gotta say I was skeptical if it was a good idea to add new guns... and I want no more updates honestly but... this thing... it is AWESOME.

i keep a marauder 2 with them equipped, but that's about it. it's hard to find another chassis i already own that gets a really good benefit from them.

i did try to run them on my AMS corsair, but more often than not i'd slightly mistime a second weapon grouping causing ghost heat. if i managed to overheat myself, i'd easily do ~50% structure damage from heat to my CT alone.

[Nero]

My Charger and Warhammer have deffinitely benefitted a lot from this weapon, also equipped an Atlas with it, have yet to try it but it looks scarry. I also wonder if its good on a Wolfhound.

[Tritol]

I used to have thunderbolt 2x BLC, 1x LL, Masc, JJs and ECM that was fun :D

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by Nero:

My Charger and Warhammer have deffinitely benefitted a lot from this weapon, also equipped an Atlas with it, have yet to try it but it looks scarry. I also wonder if its good on a Wolfhound.

i have a wolfhound grineer () that i keep loaded with medium x-pulse. i feel it works out better that way as a kind of harasser.

i should give the BLC a go on my spider, though.

[Nero]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3166062903

has insane small laser quirks.

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by Nero:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3166062903

has insane small laser quirks.

but how does it actually preform? it doesent look like it has enough cooling to really support the BLC, and as you say, that charger is quirked up for SL.

personally, i'd be running all SL, with regular ferro armor, and a regular engine, and mebbey some more heatsinks, any extra weight and slots used for a bigger tcomp.

edit: i should mention that i generally dislike the charger, and do not own one, lol.

[Nero]

I could upload a video of it if you want. I did 700dmg and 2 kills. Its quite strong. Cooling was no problem for me. That charger is fast and tanky and hits like a mule. You can recreate it in the shop and testdrive it on Tourmaline Desert. Sure its without the skills but still.

All small lasers? Your range would be nothing. I play Quickplay and need some range on my guns. Those small lasers are more like backup. A very strong backup I might add.

Firing the binary lasers gets me about 35% heat so I can fire them 3 times and add in the small lasers too for 2 or 3 volleys.

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by Nero:

I could upload a video of it if you want. I did 700dmg and 2 kills. Its quite strong. Cooling was no problem for me. That charger is fast and tanky and hits like a mule. You can recreate it in the shop and testdrive it on Tourmaline Desert. Sure its without the skills but still.

you probably just have better timing to avoid the ghost heat than i do, that setup is essentially not too different from my corsair setup, about the same cooling with 2x BLC and a second grouping of lasers. never could get the hang of the timing, and i'd usually end up melting half my CT structure off myself.

[Nero]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3166177610

My Thunderbolt, had 2 amazing matches with it so far in that new config.

[WarpSpider]

Originally posted by Thundercracker:

but how does it actually perform?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3166190135
and i'm not even very good at this game
Charger has many options...
use an xl 325 engine or light engine 310(so you can have more heat sinks)
can use 3 lxpl or lpl with 4 ersmall
or 2 binary with 5 ermsl
or 2 lxpl or lpl with 5 er sml
i would post the actual builds that have better cooling than what Nero posted but you can figure it out

[Mr_Puddins]

BLC dat thang

[salamatmahal]

Charger 1A1 benefits from massive quirks to smalls, so it's maybe more capable than people think. But the smalls cycle so fast that it ends up nearly staring, so this maybe combos better with LXPLs than a lot of other things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh8U3GOJw8E

I feel like the Charger N7 is actually very nice with blazers and also benefits from getting JJs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T99BXqjlvFY

[Nero]

Originally posted by salamatmahal:

Charger 1A1 benefits from massive quirks to smalls, so it's maybe more capable than people think. But the smalls cycle so fast that it ends up nearly staring, so this maybe combos better with LXPLs than a lot of other things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh8U3GOJw8E

I feel like the Charger N7 is actually very nice with blazers and also benefits from getting JJs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T99BXqjlvFY

Interesting footage of LXPLS. I found that weapon system to be problematic since you gotta stare down your opponent and can't really twist away, The amount of damage done was also not satisfactory to me. But in your video they do good work.

I am also not convinced by ER Med Lasers, they are very hot. But again in your video they work out.

[spartanspud]

I think it is pretty solid on the stalker. It basically just frees up a bit more tonnage.

[Goodall]

Originally posted by Nero:

Gotta say I was skeptical if it was a good idea to add new guns... and I want no more updates honestly but... this thing... it is AWESOME.

Have you seen the list of new weapons coming? I think it's in the next patch.