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Originally posted by Sharp@Mar 29 2005, 01:14 AM
Hmm, everyone does seem to prefer Heavy Plasmas, no arguments for all its advantages.

Auto-shot
Lotsa damage
Fairly good accurcay

Now i dont give heavy lasers to everyone, just 2-4 snipers in my squad.

They fire from off-screen and kickass while safely hidden from the aliens.

Also the heavy laser is not weak at all. If you mange to hit all 3 in a HP then yes it does more damage but the Heavy Laser is not for close combat. Its for long range fire support.

The heavy laser can kill any alien you want if the person who fires it is that accurate. One of my best snipers is 83 firing accuracy. Im assuming that the 110% accuracy of the heavy laser aimed shot gives an overall accuracy of 93%, which means if crouched as well should make it almost impossible to miss. My sniper kills anything in her line of fire, and i mean anything. Generally she hits headshots as well so she kills people in one hit.

Adv. Of Heavy Lasers
No Ammo
Good Accuracy
Good damage

My other 3 snipers are +70 firing accuracy and all equipped with heavy lasers, it is really a one-shot one kill. Also when theres those annoying obstacles in the way i can use my snipers to blow them up without wasting ammo and be sure of not killing any of my troops because there soooo accurate.

Somewhere b4 someone said that power armour is resistant to laser, well mabye laser rifles, not heavy lasers, there also good against plasma rifles as well but not totally resistant.

Newayz i luvs my lasers, cheap, effective, accurate and efficent.

Also one more thing, a heavy plasma can only fire 12(last one only 2 times i think) times of autofire before reloading, a heavy laser can fire forever without reloading. Ok so you fire less shots, but your shots are more accurate. My sniper doesnt even have to use the aimed shot, just a few snap shots, she can usually fire 2 while moving a bit, and 3 if practically motionless (i think).

So basically what you should do is give your best shots a heavy laser and the rest of em plasmas.

Maybe my table isnt clear, the 110% Aimed is for Heavy Plasma, not Heavy Laser. Also the snap on HL is only 50%. so your 83 firing sniper is at 41.5with a HL vrs with a HP at 75% means 62.25. Aimed is 69.2 for HL vrs 91.3 for HP. HP has 30 more dmg and as I disscussed before I never run out of ammo on its 35 round clip so reloading isnt an issue.

But if your guy can kill like that anyway... go for it k:



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