Orbital laser taking out factories but NOT holes is bs

[Vahnkiljoy]

Let the damn sky laser take out bug holes for democracys sake!

[Dans_Tip]

fair enough I agree

[Sofia]

There are a lot of orbital-type stratagems that don't, even though they should.

It's not just the laser. Bases seem to blow up from most stratagems, whereas holes don't.

[Knight0vvl]

throw a grenade?

['Strict]

Just use grenades, launcher, autocannon and so on.

If all you had to do to clear a Large bugnest was to throw the damn laser you'd be able to just breeze through any difficulty

[Sofia]

Originally posted by 'Strict:

Just use grenades, launcher, autocannon and so on.

If all you had to do to clear a Large bugnest was to throw the damn laser you'd be able to just breeze through any difficulty

The sticking point is that it works fine for automaton bases, just not holes.

[squinkerdoodle]

It works on both, the bug holes just have a smaller hitbox and doesn't get hit as often.

[lefty1117]

chitin armor is invulnerable to lasers

[Saladin_The_Great69]

also the bot factories are actual buildings, not holes in the ground leading to tunnels and caves... its no surprise lasers dont really work on them

[pie75]

the orbital lasers work fine on bug holes, they're just harder to hit.

[Vahnkiljoy]

Originally posted by pie75:

the orbital lasers work fine on bug holes, they're just harder to hit.

It's amazing that people are just overlooking the fact the laser doesn't SEEK the holes, WHY you traitors defending this crap is beyond me.

[Bean]

Originally posted by squinkerdoodle:

It works on both, the bug holes just have a smaller hitbox and doesn't get hit as often.

Exactly this. I've used lasers, but the targeting beacon needs to land on/in the hole

[some guy]

you can definitely orbital it if you throw the ball next to it, i just did that, it was fairly close but not in the hole

[Doomvora]

I do find it funny you can at least call in something to break bug holes (like resupply, weapons etc).

[SEKTENGURU]

Lasers are allways superficial.
That is physical correct.
Otherwise it would be supersonic.
It would be another frequency.

[Land]

I don't get why the Orbital laser only has 3 charges for the entire game.
Has 5 minute reload/cooldown between shots which is understandable but after the 3rd shot that's it. no more. All the eagle stuff get can rearmed and reused multiple times a game, same with sentries, backpacks, weapons etc but only this is the only you get 3 and that's it.
Why not some reload timer on top of the 5 min cooldown?