[S-99]

Idk, i didn't do it.

[Rodo]

the Hecate, it looks good it the normal maps now

[Droid803]

Nice. Fits well with the background

[chief1983]

lvlshot ftw

[Rodo]

lvlshot ftw

uh.. sorry, it seems that with my images it doesn't work, I put the flags but the image doesn't show, so I made the image sharing page to scale it down to 1024x768 so It would fit.

[Jeff Vader]

wrks fn

[Rodo]

guess what happens next:



tnks lobo, I could make it work.

[Aardwolf]

The Lucifer fires its beams which used to not be beams, and the Galatea goes boom?

[Rodo]

The Lucifer fires its beams which used to not be beams, and the Galatea goes boom?

no..

well... yes, you nailed it   

but what do you mean with "not be beams"??

[blowfish]

Shivan super lasers were originally not beam weapons, just an invisible laser with a really long trail.

[Rodo]

oh I see.. a good example of how to make things the other way around 

[Stormkeeper]

They were pretty ugly up close, tbh, but that's only because I was slinging them around from my Herc, and the lasers aren't meant to be fired by fighters.

[eliex]

They are certainly much more powerful than your standard beam though. 

[Droid803]

If I recall correctly, they're somewhere near an LRed in terms of damage, but they have very long range.
Player Mounted, and LRed is probably better though (since you can spam it with little to no fire delay, and has infinite range).

[ssmit132]

However, while the Shivan Super Laser takes time to get to the target, its damage is applied all at once, while a beam takes time to inflict all its damage, allowing the target to move out of the way (rarely).

[eliex]

Definitely not! A cruiser up moves to slowly, and anything less than one is as good as dead even as a glancing hit!

Personally I'll take the Shivan Laser over the beam . . . beams just leave me blinded. 

[blowfish]

If I recall correctly, they're somewhere near an LRed in terms of damage, but they have very long range.
Player Mounted, and LRed is probably better though (since you can spam it with little to no fire delay, and has infinite range).

The SSL is actually above the LRed in terms of sustained damage / second IIRC, but you're right about beam spamming on fighters with cheats.  One thing though, beams do not have infinite range, they pretty much end at ~30000 meters (unless defined differently in the table).

[Androgeos Exeunt]

The SSLs are also very good anti-subsystem weapons. When used properly, A Lucifer can destroy a Colossus without fire support, assuming that the Colossus flies in the same circle around it.

[Kie99]

The SSL is actually above the LRed in terms of sustained damage / second IIRC,

Pretty sure it isn't.  Put a Ravana next to an Orion and see how long it lasts compared to the Galatea against the Lucifer.

One thing though, beams do not have infinite range, they pretty much end at ~30000 meters (unless defined differently in the table).

Pretty sure they end at that regardless of what's written in the Tables.  The 'Range' parameter just defines where the AI will attempt to fire from.

The SSLs are also very good anti-subsystem weapons. When used properly, A Lucifer can destroy a Colossus without fire support, assuming that the Colossus flies in the same circle around it.

It can't even damage it below 75%.

[Droid803]

beams do end at 30km, but that's generally well clear of the size of any battle.
heh, its also the same range as the SSL :|