#LASER TWEAKS

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lost vector
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I think the laser is pretty balanced, but it feels a bit strong in the hands of a skilled PC player, and a bit weak in the hands of a mobile player. This is to be expected somewhat, but the difference is pretty stark. I think we can make it a bit more even by removing the ability to aim the laser while its charging. We can balance this nerf out by making the charge time shorter. We could make the laser more of a wide beam and less of a sniper as well.

Current Laser

  • 1s charge time
  • Can aim laser while its charging
  • 0.8 direct damage, 0.4 indirect damage with a 60 point width (tank radius is 30 points)

Suggested change

  • 0.4s charge time (same as nuke)
  • Cannot adjust aim of laser while its charging

Please comment with your thoughts on the laser. I'm interested in how it's affecting the meta and the PC/Mobile and Good/Noob divides.

pale sigil
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maybe make it to energy i feel like its not op enough for 3 especially when lots of people cant use it

flint orbit
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protank is back?

pale sigil
lost vector
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honestly i think laser is a solid 3

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i crush with it

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I cut my teeth on counter strike

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i can snipe

pale sigil
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it is a good weapon but lots of people dont know how to use it

warm pumice
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so far players have been looking at mobile’s weaknesses with the laser

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but there is 1

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very important strength that we have over PC players with it

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we can shoot laser faster.

pale sigil
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smh

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finally a mobile advantage W

warm pumice
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i could show you if you want.

pale sigil
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nah

lost vector
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??

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laser faster??

forest compass
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when u want to fire laser you can just aim it to the ground for 0.5 sec and then shoot, others cant see your laser if you aim to the ground and this is a good way to kill someone abruptly

lost vector
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if you cant aim it while charging that would be removed

forest compass
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but people can easily move away

warm pumice
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for many PC pros it wont matter

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because it activates when we touch the screen immediately

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we can react much faster

lost vector
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ahh i see

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what do you think about less charge time, no aim

pale sigil
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no aim?

lost vector
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I think no aim while charging is probably for the best for the weapon

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(you cant change the angle while its charging)

pale sigil
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hmm

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seems kinda unfair

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bc 1 second

lost vector
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less charge time tho

forest compass
lost vector
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1s -> 0.4s charge

dire karma
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so basically this is an anti bot balance tweak

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I get it

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smart

pale sigil
warm pumice
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i think the item would have much less of a presence

pale sigil
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seems fair enoug

lost vector
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lol I guess the laser is probably pretty good with an aim bot

warm pumice
lost vector
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i could adjust the balance of the weapon by increasing the indirect damage radius

warm pumice
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even for mobile players

lost vector
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indirect damage buff could balance out any nerf that the laser incurs due to not being able to aim it while charging

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ie: 0.8 indirect damage would feel pretty sick powerful

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larger indirect damage radius would be pretty powerful too

warm pumice
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i still think it’s too soon to make the call

dire karma
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is 0.4 seconds enough time for a player to dodge?

pale sigil
lost vector
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like just for thought experiment it could be a very wide beam that does ~0.35 damage (about the same as base missile) across the board

dire karma
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I think the advantage with the current one is players can move behind terrain

warm pumice
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there’s a chance many player opinions could change

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especially for mobile

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as for me I currently sit in favour for leaving it, but my opinion might change too

forest compass
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but actually if you shoot someone w/ laser it hurts like a normal missile (big chance)

warm pumice
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that would be the indirect hitbox

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doing 0.4

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as opposed to 0.8 the damage you get for hitting in the middle

forest compass
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yeah its hard to aim someone while you are falling/moving

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but the enemy always moving too

forest compass
lost vector
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likely no change until next season

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but i want to have my finger on the pulse of what the community thinks

grand crane
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It would be harder for players to dodge with 0.4 charge time and would be a great sniper weapon, especially if someone is far from you.upvote This will be much better to use.

clever smelt
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I maintain the idea of ​​making a radius to aim, since it seems to me that the tool loses a lot of its charm, I don't know, ultimately if you don't feel like giving it too much complexity, triple the loading time, this would make it useless on PC to point before loading it anymore because of the long loading time, and that therefore, so I think it's a downvote downvote

pliant junco
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It needs more charge time imo, for me its really hard to get behind an object or dodge the laser before it already shot me

worldly wagon
leaden hull
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On mobile I always use 2 at a time when I don’t want to

devout wind
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hm

flat compass
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nooo dont remove the aiming while charging

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please techno

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that would kill the weapon 😦

leaden hull
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I like the aiming tho

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It allows you to actually hit the opponent

molten fjord
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Yep

pliant junco
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all it needs is more charging time

devout wind
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true

flat compass
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why

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it doesnt

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its balanced

icy osprey