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Old 01-04-2021, 11:52 AM   #5
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Default Re: Melding Beam Weapons and Guns

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Originally Posted by awesomenessofme1 View Post
At the scale where you use Beam Weapons rather than Gunner or Artillery, another big difference is that lasers are effectively instantaneous. Even though that may only be a fraction of a second difference, that can still matter in some cases.
True. Even with single-user weapons, the absence of any need to "lead" the target, and lack of any concern about things like "windage," seem like significant changes.
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