Cruiser Laser: why use anything else?

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Because CL has very short range.
End of topic.

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resuming topic: their HUMONGOUS dps far more than make up for it

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In summation: Cruiser Laser is very useful, and many cruiser designs will use some.

(Ya’ll is some wordy bastards.)

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well… ya…

but if a weapon is so useful that its being used by all designs… is that not the definition of being overpowered?

and if it effectively counters a balanced fleet, is that not the definition of a gamebreaker that defeats the point of the game?

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Balanced fleets lose to a lot of things… Every slot wasted on a Guidance Scrambler Beam against a fleet without missiles or a Cruiser Laser against a Coward Missile Fleet is going to weaken the fleet.

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yes, but every ship dedicated to fighting the enemy deployment strengthens the fleet

they lose to a lot of things, but they win against too much more.

also, isnt a balanced fleet the point of the campaigns?

point is, a big amount of a certain thing can be dealt with by a small amount of counter, leaving the fleet room for other counters

im my experience usually 20-30 percent of fast frigs can deal with missile spam or plasma spam, etc.etc

eg:
a plasma spam comes by and they have no missiles
everyone go around screaming at the balanced OH UR GONNA LOSE U WASTED SO MANY SLOTS ON SCRAMBLERS!!!
but then in that case who need those slots in the 1st place?
the faster 20-30 percents of that fleet (ion frigs with more than .6 speed) go in and destroys the plasma spam b4 the scrambler cruisers can be slaughtered

a beam spam (wat kinda noob does that?) goes in
everyone goes UR GONNA LOSE THOSE BEAMS GONNA FRAKKING SLAUGHTER UR FAST FRIGS!!!
who needs those frigs there anyways?
the better shielded guys (that bounce beams) goes in and slaughters the beam spam in revenge of the fast frigs

getting my point here?
problem is CL ( especially CL doods with smart bomb ) is gonna take 2 big part of the fleet 2 effectively counter

so in campaigns, CL fleet will be the only thing really needed, since they can beat balanced fleets effectively

of course, thats just a theory

that need 2 be tested when the campaign comes out…