The laser cannon is underrated.

[N00B]

I understand why people prefer the Quasar cannon. For all effective purposes, its an orbital stratagem with a fraction of the cooldown, immunity to stratagem jammers and scramblers and can be aimed up until its shot.

However, on bot missions especially I love taking on a support role and the laser cannon fits it perfectly. You can take out hulks in seconds, take out multiple gunships in a single spray, can deal with grunts at longer ranges thanks to its lack of recoil and general accuracy and most importantly, because as an energy weapon it has infinite ammo, you can use more ammo-intensive or scarce primary and secondary weapons, or ones that don't work as direct firepower.

Maybe I'm just over-reacting, but I almost never see people taking it on missions.

Hulk faces have 250 health,lvl.4 armor and 25% durable = 1.23 seconds
Gunship thrusters have 400 health, lvl.3 armor and 85% durable = 1.8 seconds.
Cannon Turret vents have 750 health, lvl.3 armor and 100% durable = 3.75 seconds
Tank vents, tracks and rear have 750 health and lvl.3 armor = 3.75 seconds.
Stryder Gatling lasers have 300 health, lvl.3 armor and 100% durable = 1.5 seconds each.
Stryder Belly Panels have 1200 health, lvl.3 armor and = 6 seconds.

[TheVipersFang]

Its all true. The Laser Cannon is a great boom stick. Let us all pray that the devs don't break it.

[jack]

from how they sabotaged magicka :), i doubt the devs will steer clear from laser cannons

[LARIO]

The laser canon is a great weapon against bots, helps you save ammo on your other guns while being solid against everything outside of factory striders.

[Quill]

Originally posted by LARIO:

The laser canon is a great weapon against bots, helps you save ammo on your other guns while being solid against everything outside of factory striders.

On the Bug front I've seen people use it as Laser Pointers that instantly clip the wings of those Flying Bastards. Really helpful on the Gloom Planet with a lot of roaming flying bug patrols

[Strobe]

I don't need meta, I just like lasers.

[Honkler]

Originally posted by Strobe:

I don't need meta, I just like lasers.

A guy named strobe who like laser weapons?

That's a meta

[Crossbone]

stun grenades + laser cannon = Hulk face melter

[LARIO]

Originally posted by Quill:

Originally posted by LARIO:

The laser canon is a great weapon against bots, helps you save ammo on your other guns while being solid against everything outside of factory striders.

On the Bug front I've seen people use it as Laser Pointers that instantly clip the wings of those Flying Bastards. Really helpful on the Gloom Planet with a lot of roaming flying bug patrols

Tbh Dagger is also perfect against shriekers, take it and this will clear the heavy weapon slot for something else.

[Axis of Lint]

Originally posted by N00B:

I understand why people prefer the Quasar cannon. For all effective purposes, its an orbital stratagem with a fraction of the cooldown, immunity to stratagem jammers and scramblers and can be aimed up until its shot.

However, on bot missions especially I love taking on a support role and the laser cannon fits it perfectly. You can take out hulks in seconds, take out multiple gunships in a single spray, can deal with grunts at longer ranges thanks to its lack of recoil and general accuracy and most importantly, because as an energy weapon it has infinite ammo, you can use more ammo-intensive or scarce primary and secondary weapons, or ones that don't work as direct firepower.

Maybe I'm just over-reacting, but I almost never see people taking it on missions.

Laser Cannon and Quasar are for different things though. The Quasar can absolutely be used to kill things that the LC can, but it would inefficient because of the cooldown - on the flip side, the Quasar can kill things the LC can't (or at least not efficiently).

[Absolution]

Originally posted by LARIO:

The laser canon is a great weapon against bots, helps you save ammo on your other guns while being solid against everything outside of factory striders.

Even against factory striders, you can neuter them quite a bit by lasering off the chainguns.

I've been maining LC for about a month now, and it goes well with Halt and jump pack on any front.

[Zhou Yu]

It aint quite got the dps of other non anti-tank strategems to help it out. Like I enjoy using it but I believe you can generally do a better job (if a tad more niche) with most other support weapons. Personally I only consider using it against the Illuminate currently. But even then I believe the MMG beats it, especially in quick bursts when you raise the rpm. I will attest though, I haven't taken it against the bugs in a good long while. Which will probably change soonish.

[Mepho]

Not underrated, underperforming.

It's been needing a damage buff forever now. It just doesn't keep pace with other things that do the same work.

I'd be a fan. I tried justifying it time and time again, but it's just lacking.

[Pride Lizard Pride Lizard]

Love to see other lasercannon enjoyers. Ballistic Shield, SMG, Lasercannon. One of my gotos for bots!

[Patriot03]

The laser cannon is fantastic, it's just so easy to focus weak points with it since it has no recoil. + no ammo is the appealing factor.


the HMG is probably better if you're judicious about conserving ammo (and skilled enough to tap fire/manage it's recoil) but the Laser Cannon is just easy to use with no ammo stress.

[MagikarpMagi]

LC is basically the only support weapon that benefits from unflinching, if you're into that. Pretty cool to stay on target through return fire.