[SC] SCATTER LASER

Hi All,

Quick question:

I have Scatter laser II and III on my ship. I notice the purple laser shooting out after a few rounds of red laser, which is good because it suppose to do that. Why don't I see it on my P.E.T.? They have Scatter Lasers too. It only has red lasers shooting out.

Angus

 

I believe the visual effects only work when equipped on the ship. I have tried equipping on drones only and I noticed that I don't shoot purple until I put 1 on the ship. I believe same goes for the PET.

 

You are correct the effect only works when scatter lasers are equipped on a ship, drones and P.E.T give no special visuals for scatter lasers.

 

I disagree, when i equipped the scatter laser 2 or 3 on my i see the purple
lasers . How are u guys not able to see the visual effects ?
User name: -CYB3R-D3MON-
Server: USA east coast (1)
Company: MMO
Clan: IMMO

 

Hmmm, my P.E.T did shoot that purple thingy when I used Scatter III on it, after a while I decided to switch them to ship tho, as I realized they were better than LF-3.

 

Ok I tried to equip Scatter III on my P.E.T and it didn't fire purple. I also tried to use Scatter II but it also didn't. I also tried to remove pet cosmetic with the 2 above conditions and still it didn't. All experiments done using high graphics quality on 3D version.

 

Ill be doing more test to see whats going on its bugging me now
User name: -CYB3R-D3MON-
Server: USA east coast (1)
Company: MMO
Clan: IMMO

 

Hi All,

Thank you for the come back.

But does it still do the extra damage? I haven't notice and I was wondering. Normally I only have 2 sometimes 3 Scatter Lasers on P.E.T. and ship 2.

On my other server my main ship config 2 (which is set up for PVP) I have all 16 level Scatter laser III on it. I put Scatter Lasers on my P.E.T. because it is always up in your face. Scatter Lasers work best in close range and my P.E.T. sure does that. Yea sometime it shoots long range, but most of the time it is close range. Perfect for the Scatter Laser. My ship's Scatter Lasers sometimes have to shoot at long range because I'm moving/dodging from the enemy.

Long range if I'm right has less odds in hitting and/or less damage. I don't know.

Angus

 

The extra damage is always there whenever you are in close, mid, or long range as long as you are not out of range or else your lasers won't do any damage. This aspect applies to all lasers except for the fact that scatter lasers have less shooting range than any other laser in exchange for its extra damage.

As for the laser accuracy , yes it affects the damage you are dealing because some lasers will miss and not all will able to hit you target at any given time but then again it has nothing to do with the range (close, mid, long). Its affected by the lasers themselves, you and your enemy's pilot bio on accuracy (Electro-Optics) and evasion (Evasive Maneuvers), as well as your P.E.T. s' evasion protocols.

 

I just tested Scatter II III lasers using a p'nut from ship/drones/and pet [1 laser only] ... test conditions were irises lvl 8 and a 20% damage boosters ... no items , no CPU's , 30 pilot points , and they shoot purple ammo only during their Boost stage even from pet. The Boost is at 100% / twice the damage of its Base damage ... my damage for base damage with Scatter III lasers was 260-275 Boost of 520-555. Accuracy varies according to pilot bio. If you don't have all 50 pilot bio you will miss from time to time. Also the Range limiter does work ... what happens is you skip the 5 second boost cycle until you are within the set range limiter ... The Scatter III lasers are just as damaging if not more-so as the status LF4's since they are not upgrade-able. * NOTE * there were no CBS values used nor was there any outfit shared boosters used or any combinations thereof used ... ammo test was with x-1 ammo

 

Thank you Odin for the information,

I guess Scatter Lasers work.

Angus

 

Actually you don't have to have all 50 pilot points for you to not miss. You just need around 20 pp for you to put 5 points on Electro-optics (+25% laser accuracy) and even though you maxed it out there is a chance that you'll still miss on players since they might have maxed out Evasive Maneuvers. Still you could use Targeting Guidance CPU 1 or 2 to further increase your lasers' accuracy.

 

Those Scatter III lasers are "mean" That's why they cannot be purchased or biddable in Auction. I have a Germany1 account that I am building and I cant wait until I get my 1st Scatter II and III so I can do a true test with 0 upgrades , 0 bio , 0 boosters , 0 shared boosters no-one in an outfit and 0 cpu attachments on a p'nut . I don't even want Sep/Prom I just want to have a True Base Damage
Scatter II lasers are purchasable I think .... haven't really checked since you started this thread ... but now I am curious as heck like a kid with a new toy . Once I have all the info I need I will post it here or send you a direct message as now I am following you here in the forum

 

Hi Odin,

Good luck on the test. Love to here the results.

Angus

Hi All,

Scatter Lasers are mean machine. On one server my pet has all Scatter Leasers III 16th level. It is on my config. 2 which is set up with all lasers for PVP. I haven't won any battles, but I hope I hurt them.

Angus

 

Heck , DO needs to remove LF3's from Auction bidding and sell them @ a set credit cost or at least have a break-down for items that can be used in Assembly... LF4's are almost obsolete so DO could bump them up to Auction