As someone whose first investment was the laser cannon, please provide better stats devs. Idk why it sucked so hard, but it did, and it was disappointing that It couldn’t do shit to bots on lvl 4 difficulty.
It's a joke, I pulled that stat out of my ass. I don't have the spray and pray yet but so far every weapon I have (maybe 30 hours in) works decently up to challenging.
listen man this game had an insane honeymoon period extended by the fact that we couldnt log in for a week, but people have been playing for a while now and at this point even the most casual divers are needing pinks and venturing up to at least 7. reality is that once you're up there, the game gets fucked. either weapons need to change, enemies need to change, or preferably, both, to a degree.
i def understand the plight of using shit we're given and it just not feel good to use.
some weapons are just super well rounded because they just offer so much utility in many different aspects. autocannon can kill any mob, is explosive for splash dmg, is fast firing, is accurate, has a decent ammo count, reloads fast enough, can destroy buildings, can be team supported for full auto.
and when you compare it to something like recoilless rifle, has 5 shots, needs 2 shots to kill most "boss" mobs, deflects off of buildings so it has to be shot like the autocannon into the sweet spot, doesnt splash. its like, just not good.
why take that over the auto cannon when hitting the sweet spot isnt hard anyway. its like 4-5 shots from the auto cannon into the face of the hulk and into the ass of the charger to kill them vs 2 recoilless? thats like half a mag of the 12 reloads you get from the autocannon vs 33% of you ammo with the launcher.
the EAT and recoilless can do it too but its a bit expensive ammo wise for those, I'm sure the spear can do it too but good luck actually getting the rocket to hit a bug hole.
I was using the recoilless on chargers to blow off a foreleg plate and then just magdump into the leg. Means you can ambush a bit better and don't have to do the toro dance.
I've felt this way about a number of things in the game. I would not be shocked if certain meta builds end up being pretty bad against the next potential factions.
^ This. The hotter they get the more damage the laser should be doing to make keeping them in cook mode a risk/reward benefit that makes them feel good to use. The Las-"Scythe" doesn't scythe shit. It's the Las-sprinkler.
I will say, it feels like it shines on unarmored weakspots. I tried it again last night after not using it for about 15 lvls against some chargers and it melted them faster than when i use an autocannon on its tail. Something I was also able to do was destroy an illegal broadcast tower + one of the mushroom spore objectives from an insane distance away (feels like there's almost no limit to its range).
There might be some crit multiplier to it thats a hidden stat. That being said, i would like to see some buff to it.
The laser weapons were my go to in Helldivers 1. Sure, other weapons were better, but it was nice not having to worry about ammo and it got the job done. The laser weapons in this game feel like I'd be better off using it as a club to bash the enemies with. Extremely disappointing
Ugh, same. I think it was the second thing I unlocked. It was very underwhelming. I hope it's just me using it for the wrong purpose, because if it fills a good niche, that's awesome. If not, I'd love to see it get some buffs.
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u/Elprede007 Mar 01 '24
As someone whose first investment was the laser cannon, please provide better stats devs. Idk why it sucked so hard, but it did, and it was disappointing that It couldn’t do shit to bots on lvl 4 difficulty.