I am already used to it and that do not prevent me from disintegrating Eldar with a Lascannon . Anyway, i was just wondering if it was a bug or a new feature
This is a code bug. There's already a task on it. The only intended change was to increase its damage (bigger payoff for successfully firing) and post-firing cooldown. And as Cabal correctly identified - there are lots of weapons that can hurt vehicles, but among those there are only a few specialised for such a role. Tagging @ShoulderMount because he mentioned this on Friday.
I had a fun thought for lock on. What if targets have a general vicinity lockon so can aim at target you can see but wont lose the lock if say his hand moves 2 inches to the left and that was what you had locked onto. That means you can fire but still miss plenty if a target moves, vehicles would be easier to hit, and you could play around with the laser itself. Maybe making it fatter and do grazing dmg instead of I tagged the edge of your shoulder therefore your entire body instantly exploded. As far as hit boxes go infantry unchanged while vehicles could have a seperate hit box for just las canon lock on.
I am fine with a charge up but the cooldown even if you don't get to fire it off and lock-on allowing you only to charge a shot when hovering over a target is just meh. I will be 100% ok with them allowing Lascannons to work like Plasma charge shots...where you can charge without a target and then fire off the lazor beams even at the risk of them becoming used a Sniper Rifles with charge times.
I agree with lascannons lock-on fire, and buggy as it is now, is kinda lame. But making it a charger will bring the same devastation as the PC does, only 100% accurate fire (!!!) and instakill. There must be a better solution somehow.
As a newbie lascannon user, what's this lock-on everyone is referring to? I can't figure out how to activate any sort of thing. And it's certainly not the melee lock-on; what am I missing here?
you must have a target to charge your lascannon. I agree with the charge type firing. For sniping peeps who are to foolish to get into my line of site for like 5 seconds without moving. The lock-on, before the bug, was very annoying still, especially when five guys are running at you in a straight line and you still cant shoot them if they tap the left and right a bit. There should never be a lock-on requirement for any gun for any reason in any game. All i want to do is pull the trigger but i cant since i dont have a target. For the clipping type shot, that wouldnt exactly work. All of the energy going into the target is what makes him disappear. Even if you clip his shoulder he would still be missing his shoulder. rant over(for now)
I meant more of a you can shoot but it just barely misses. But the heat from the laser passing by still does damage.
