The Lava Laser, is a laser (duh) which although it doesn't shoot lava (which would be epic) melts any hull it hits and "heats" the area. let's say you were hitting a ship with the beam, first the block it was hitting would turn into lava then blocks around it, and on and on, until the ship turned into a floating block of lava and the core overheated. it would increase in power same as a AMC cannon, but it would be balanced by the fact that it ruins salvage.
Lava Laser
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it would stack much the same way as an AMC cannon array but unlike AMC cannons it would be more useful as a single giant laser, it would also overheat (unchanging overheat) after firing for too long (more laser blocks = longer fire time) it would simply \"melt\" blocks while being fired, but they don\'t cool down, making maintenenance after getting hit by such a beam difficult. it would be mainly for large ship-large ship combat because the melt rate would increase with an increase of laser mass, leading to something that would look like a lava virus spreading on the ship. it would be a \"compromise\" weapon dealing half damage to shields and 3/4 damage to hull.
sounds like you actually made a \"gray goo\" gun there buddy.for one don\'t doubt the power of lava. a lucky recipe can make lava do a lot of things. secondly I do like the idea of melting hulls but i\'d prefer to see it when/if liquid dynamics get added in. you melt a hull and it becomes both a hole in your ship and a small pool of boiling death, making it hard to go repair
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