Firstly the science behind these beam weapons is flawed, a laser would travel instantly. But more importantly to differentiate between kinetic and beam weapons instead of little pulses the ships could fire lasers which connected the 2 ships and fired for a duration/increase in intensity based upon the number of lasers equipped. This would look better (IMO) than the current laser pulses and would stand out from the current projectile weapons.



This is a representation of what I mean:

Cannibalsnail wrote:
Firstly the science behind these beam weapons is flawed, a laser would travel instantly.]

If the designers started to care about respecting the physical laws, they would have to remake the entire battle system.

♥♥♥♥ it. Cool idea or not?

while i agree with the general that any game like this requires the suspension of disbelief i do also agree that continuous beams would help visually differentiate between the to weapon classes better. I'm pretty sure this point has been raise before on these forums. you might want to do a quick search and add your thoughts to the original thread.

The thread #699 on this forum, to be precise.

Please post suggestions only in the proposals section and further on: This is the original suggestion /#/endless-space/forum/28-game-design/thread/12361-beam-weapon-graphics

This thread has been linked to that suggestion and is moved to the archives.