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jmc...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
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: Laser Pistols are useful only at the very beginning of a game. This is
: because they are researched and produced fairly quickly. The same goes for
: the Laser Rifle. Try and get these as fast as you can. Laser weapons have no
: enhanced or reduced effectiveness against the aliens except one: The Sectopod
: (found with the Ethereals) is more highly affected by lasers than anything
: else. Ignore the Heavy Laser as it is not worth the trouble.
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Excellent article on the advantages of Plasma weapons, James.

The mention of Sectopods reminded me of the trouble I've had defeating
them on missions, particularly without any Heavy weapons in my squad.
Laser rifles & Alien grenades required far to many hits to destroy a
Sectopod because of all the armour it carries. The solution was to use
the Heavy Laser on the Sectopod: the Sectopod is vulnerable to lasers,
but only the Heavy Laser does enough damage to consistently penetrate
the armour.

Any more opinions on the Heavy Laser out there?

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IY.