Are the C-beam lasers any good?

[SlySilentLynx]

Been getting back into the game and notice they were added just not been able to find any viable build with them. Anyone have any better experiences?

[spartanspud]

Some people love them. But I don't rate them very highly.

[KealyKays]

They have their uses. In long brawls where you have a few allies that can soak up damage for you they will do alot of damage over a sustained amount of time, but they are dependant on remaining exposed while it's dealing damage (like IS X-Pulse lasers) so you tend to take alot of damage if you're not within a team. Only being able to fire 2 at a time is also a pretty big draw back as well as there's nothing that really has a HSL for them so their burst is pretty terrible.

I personally do not use them much, or use 2 and then have backup weapons to help with the burst. They also stop doing damage at +50% range as opposed to regular lasers that will stop doing damage at double the range.

[lockwoodx]

Beam Lasers are hitscan op no dropoff with the drawback of needing 3+ to scare a light and 4+ to do any real damage. While you're jumping thru those hoops you also have to deal with the crazy heat they put out when stacked.

The only effective way to use them is a lance full of beam boats. Otherwise don't bother.

[Miriage]

beams are ~6 dps each at ~600m, they are a fine weapon when you are not t5 waving them around like you are trying to use the toilet for the first time in your life

[KATAMARAN]

Origineel geplaatst door JG Wentsworth:

Beam Lasers are hitscan op no dropoff with the drawback of needing 3+ to scare a light and 4+ to do any real damage. While you're jumping thru those hoops you also have to deal with the crazy heat they put out when stacked.

The only effective way to use them is a lance full of beam boats. Otherwise don't bother.

they generate ghostheat when 3+ are mounted

Origineel geplaatst door SlySilentLynx:

Been getting back into the game and notice they were added just not been able to find any viable build with them. Anyone have any better experiences?

I tried to make them work, but they are simply inferior to other weapons that also require long facetime, like RACs.

[isawaawasi5]

Origineel geplaatst door KealyKays:

there's nothing that really has a HSL for them

One of the Highlander IIC variants and one of the Orion IIC variants can fire 3 Beam Lasers without ghost heat. Running a HAG 30 with the 3 beams on the Highlander and a regular gauss with them on the Orion are both decent builds.

[spartanspud]

I honestly feel like the face time Vs heat output Vs damage is just abysmal. I tried the 3 beam and Gauss build because people mentioned it and it's absolutely atrocious. Just using pulse and a normal Gauss is better in every way in my opinion.

[Gamejunky05]

just use like laser vomit builds 2 beam + 4 med lasers + something else for backup.

[Jimmy With An E]

I genuinely think they are one of the best weapons in the game. With an effective range of around 650 depending on skills and quirks, you can harass, farm, and snipe with annoyingly good efficiency. I use an INC-1 with 2 Beams and 4LMGs, and regularly get 600+ damage. Its so easy to turn your brain off and do damage its crazy they are not used more. Obviously they lose in certain scenarios, trying to brawl with them is just not a good idea, but by using your teammates as cover you can easily eat someones leg or torso by just beaming it off. Hit reg can be abysmal in this game, and a weapon like the beam laser ensures it cant ♥♥♥♥ you over

[ressenmacher]

There are very few scenarios where they perform better than other options - in particular they compare very unfavorably to cLPL in most situations where you'd want to use them.


The problem is twoforld: first, they're DPS weapons in a cover shooter. They depend on your opponents making big positional mistakes to get their value in a way burst damage weapons don't.

Secondly, they don't pair well with anything. This includes themselves, because they have an abysmally low HSL at 2, so unless you're a light mech you need to take additional weapons systems or you're hilariously undergunned. They're hitscan tracking weapons, so it's inherently awkward to use projectiles with them. And they're long ranged, which makes it awkward to pair smaller lasers or machineguns with them.

[spartanspud]

Unless something has changed, even if they had a 3 HSL it wouldn't matter because they produce so much heat in the first place even with just two.

[TiberiusGaben]

c-heavy large lasers are pretty good

[Tronnus]

C-Beam lasers are good on an Incubus 2 with 5 light machine guns. AN;D4:W0|^epK0|^C|JC|JC|3S|l^qK0|^C|JC|JC|JC|l^r00s00tL0uL0v;0|2Sw101010


Besides that ... not really. Rather pick some large pulse lasers or heavy large lasers.

[Deus Ex Machina]

Love 2 beams and 2 peeps on my HBK IIC A

[°GOGi° SKINS]

they are but use alot heat