Advanced Phaser Beam Arrays

[Caernavon]

Hello. Quick question: For a long time, I've used the Advanced Phaser Beam Array as my main weapons (I use an all-energy weapon build with beam overload). As you probably know, the Advanced's schtick is that it increases critical severity depending on how many Advanced Phaser Beam Arrays you are using. I was always under the impression that this was capped to a maximum of six. However, I just looked at the tooltip and description of the beams and that text is no longer visible.....did the developer remove the cap of six?

[Taki]

it still says the bonus scales with the number of advanced beam arrays you have equipped up to 6

[andreasaspenberg575]

if you want maximum DPS you should use dual heavy cannons. specially if you manage to create the arc version. though you can only have 1 per ship.

[cap-boulanger]

You can use more than six of these weapons (the max would be eight, and that's only because no ship has more than eight weapon slots), the cap of six only applies to the scaling of the special effect.

[x1Heavy]

I usually used no more than four phasers and four of something else which includes possibly a phaser quad cannon from earlier in the game. Have not noticed a limitation yet. Other than energy related ones.

[cap-boulanger]

Originally posted by x1Heavy:

I usually used no more than four phasers and four of something else which includes possibly a phaser quad cannon from earlier in the game. Have not noticed a limitation yet. Other than energy related ones.

right... but *these specific* weapons... "advanced phaser arrays"... have a special, scaling +critical severity bonus based on how many you have equipped, and it maxes out when you have six.