Heavy Beam Laser=Anti-Blitz?

B0SS · 17 Apr 2013, 3:29PM

So after the Torp nerf, people is trying different ways of attack bases, and one of those is the Blitz Exodus(Heavy Armored equipped with Beam Lasers), and it works well it seems, so the Heavy Beam Laser has one of highest DPS and can't be avoid unless you outrange it of course, but wouldn't some Heavy Beam Lasers give hard time to Blitz Exodus?
I know Heavy Plasma Torpedos actually counter everything but for sure it will be nerfed.
What do you guys think, would building like 3 or 4 Heavy Beam Lasers V effective against Blitz Exodus?

Krazie243 · 17 Apr 2013, 4:11PM

No chance in hell. I have Plasma Chargers suited up and they do one hell of a lot of damage as it is. No need for Lasers. And although the Plasma Chargers have spread, they have 33% more DPS / ton of mass. That isn't such a big deal for bases since weight is not a big issue, but it simply means you can have a lot more defending power for smaller weapons if you use Plasma Charger.

The other nice thing is that Plasma Chargers have AoE.

RagE-GOAT · 17 Apr 2013, 9:25PM

I still think torps that cover each other, and plasma chargers and polaron are enough to stop them anyway. With the higher range of these weapons once you are in close with the blitz fleet you are pritty much under fire by every weapon in the base. So what, 250 odd DPS? +torp and plasma splash hitting your grouped up ships.

Sure beam laser would work, but it really only does work for this kind of attack. The other weapons are more useful for every other type of attack.

I'm happy to be proven wrong if anyone wants to try and blitz my base, but all the exos that have tried didn't get much at all...

baloneyjustice · 17 Apr 2013, 11:46PM

And where are you going to find the room to put even one Heavy laser on your base with all the other kind of attacks you want to protect againt... If someone is desperate enought to ramrod there Blitz Exodus fleet into my base.. they are welcomed to try it as it is... but they are going to get such a repair bill even trying... I really don't see blizzing as a threat, I might be a little more worried if the distance a rancon could shoot from the side was increased so they could circle Pol and Plasma charger fire.

B0SS · 19 Apr 2013, 1:28AM

Well now with the new Shields and Cruisers buff, Blitz Exodus can be pretty dangerous, someone tested my base with it, my base kinda sucks as it have only Polarons II and Plasmas Charger I, and most towers is level VII, the guy flattened me and lost 1 Exodus only.
So for me it's either upgrade to high level towers and guns or use some Heavy Laser V, but I will stick on upgrades I guess

Krazie243 · 19 Apr 2013, 2:01AM

Actually, now that I think of it I might start producing some blitz ships myself for testing. This sounds fun. I think that a lot of bases will have Plasma Torps at my level so I'll probably aim to have something with explosive resist. But maybe for the heck of it I'll arm each ship with a different shield and simply send in the one that will shrug off the weapon of choice in a base best.

baloneyjustice · 19 Apr 2013, 2:05AM

Polarons I think are the ones that always seemed vary weak at there level, right? Im thinking of getting rid of those for Heavy lasers if bases will now have a blitz problem.

B0SS · 19 Apr 2013, 2:19AM

baloneyjustice said:

Polarons I think are the ones that always seemed vary weak at there level, right? Im thinking of getting rid of those for Heavy lasers if bases will now have a blitz problem.

Yea but if you upgrade Towers and Guns it won't be much of a problem, but if you use some Heavy Laser then just place them properly so you don't get in trouble against Broadswords, and if you want to see Blitz Exodus in action to have a bit of idea on what you need to improve ask a guy called IOwnYou, he can test it for you I think as he tested many other bases today lol

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