Laser good? (ARES spoilers)

[Albireo]

So in the ARES lab mission when you steal the laser what do you get if you keep it instead of giving it to the other team? I didnt want to replay the mission to find out.

[Albireo]

i loaded up and played again to slake my curiosity. you get a 30 dmg, long range, 3 shot sniper rifle. claims its slightly more acurate than a normal rifle too. I imagine the laser fire is fun to look at too.

[Daddy]

Nice one!

[Uro]

I did the mission and kept the laser for myself, but I'm curious on what do you get for giving it to the other team?

[dlux]

If you give them the laser then you have the option to take them with you until the final battle on the level. I have noticed anything else other than that yet.

[Wood Elf Smalls]

Originally posted by TehDuke:

If you give them the laser then you have the option to take them with you until the final battle on the level. I have noticed anything else other than that yet.

they give you hints (in the matrix) on where to go to shut off the security alarms in the prosperity tower.

[Falaris]

You will run into NPC*s that you can have owing you favors occassionally. You'll cash it in towards or even in the end mission(s). Although... I'm not sure it's allways a good thing.

I think the encounter with steelsomething is a bit buggy if you give them the rifle, though (He says he splatted another team who didn't have the rifle, yet they had the rifle and you run into them later... or was there a 3rd team in the subway that evening?

[ShadowDragon8685]

I think it was probably the case that there was a third team in the subway. He can't have splatted Bull and co. if they were with you, obviously.

Everybody wanted a piece of that laser, after all. That aggro drekhead and your team probably weren't the only ones who did their legwork and found out that the abandoned MTR station was the obvious way out of the Ares facillity.

He may well have splattered some completely different team who had the idea of camping out down there and jacking the laser from whomever wound up getting it.

[Gralzeim]

Originally posted by Albireo:

i loaded up and played again to slake my curiosity. you get a 30 dmg, long range, 3 shot sniper rifle. claims its slightly more acurate than a normal rifle too. I imagine the laser fire is fun to look at too.

It's actually 20 damage, but yeah, it also ignores 2 points of armor, and its aimed shot attack ignores 3 points (while of course having higher accuracy). It's pretty nice.

And if you have the autoloader cyberarm then the 3 shots before reload downside is negated, since that arm autoreloads for no AP.

[Lachanche]

quite a nice rifle but towards the end of the game you have a more powerful option in the minigun

[Tommy]

Here the weapon stats:

Prototype Sniping Laser
Dam=20, Rng=L, Cap=3 / Pierces up to 2 armor. It is slightly more accurate than a traditional weapon. / Price=2000

[HoroSaga]

From what I've seen, it's the best sniper rifle in the game. But, as has been mentioned, the top-tier rifles are better. I think the usefulness of the laser rifle all comes down to how early in the game you plan on getting it. If you're playing a rifle-user, then you'll probably want to go on the Ares run as soon as possible.

[moysha]

it's like a final tier sniper rifle, except you get it for free and it's good since funds are a problem in this game

[Tommy]

Skill requirements for Prototype Sniping Laser:
- Ranged Combat 6
- Strength 3

It's not worth to invest in strength for me, so i sold it for 1000 nuyen.

[citybob60]

It really shines at extremely long distances....at medium range there are better options.

[Dav]

i give it to duncan. free is the right price :)