Do you use lasers?
Published on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 By
In terms of weapon balance, Lasers seem the weakest right now. Kinetics have a very good and strong attack. The missile barrage can be useful to soften up a hard enemy (though the damage seems extremely variable, sometimes I kill a fleet with a barrage sometimes I do like 2 damage). Its also useful to kill a weak ship where you don't want to risk losing any HP.
The issue with lasers is the cheaper cost is not useful enough. Considering I am already paying for other aspects of the ship, the hull, engines, etc....saving a few manu is not worth making a weaker ship. Right now kinetics offers a lot more bang for the buck imo.
The only time I use lasers now is if I have a lot of elerium over other strategics and so can afford the special weapons.
Reducing the manu cost of lasers further may be the key. I do think there's a price point where cheaper ships can compete with superior ones, but I don't think that mark has been found yet.