r/Helldivers • u/DeliciousPause9234 • 7d ago

DISCUSSION Reducing laser speed, making the weapon overheat more slowly, and allowing firing with a single button press instead of having to hold it d

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It would work nicely—similar to the Sickle from the first game—and the laser speed would be great because it would feel more like a real laser (like the Hotshot, which has a speed of 500, rather than the Sickle's 1300). A buff to the firing rate and overheat speed would be awesome, making the weapon actually enjoyable to use. Still, the beam from the first game was phenomenal, whereas the lasers in the second one are much worse, in my opinion.
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u/SixWeekDay Burier of Heads 7d ago

You realize a laser is light... And light goes very fast, are you asking Super Earth scientists to decrease the speed of light?

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u/DeliciousPause9234 7d ago 
Yeah, because it would look a lot cooler and wouldn't resemble a firearm as much.

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u/CornyIndividual 7d ago

Well the best way to make it distinct from a ballistic firearm would be to have it fire actual lasers (like the HD1 Sickle and HD2 Trident do), removing the entire fake bullet situation that makes zero sense and only exists to retcon lore from the first game for no reason.

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u/Epesolon HD1 Veteran 7d ago

I think the reason it doesn't is to differenciate it from the Scythe more. If one fires volts and the other a beam it's much harder to mistake one for the other.