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The lightning beam cannon is our next best weapon (not including the proton riffle because it is loot and i have 1) I would also consider making it in to a pft but looking for in because thelbc has better range

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balthazar999 wrote:

I have some loot I have been saving to make a really good commando weapon

enhanced energy power cells

179 dam

-.76 speed

-7 sac

advanced weapon stock

26 - 29 dam

-.74 speed

advanced weapon scope (not sure if it can use these)

+14 acc

-.71 speed

I was wondering what would a lightning beam cannon look like made from these?

would it be posible to get it to sac cap or really close (i know that a crafted stock would make it easier to get sac cap but can it be done with the looted ones or close like 102 - 105)

and what are the caps on lightning beam cannons

(i'm posting this here and not in the weapon smith forums because i know starnick is also a weapon smith and is more likely to have answers from me)

And i have also gathered all the resources and they are all near perfect (i'm a x crafter)

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The LBC has a significantly lower damage cap than the PFT. Using those power cells on a LBC would be a waste as you could cap the LBC with mid ranged Krayt tissues, and cap the SAC with a crafted stock.

BTW those loot stocks are all but useless,I wouldn't use them for anything.

and when AOE works its 100%

NO, you CAN NOT damage cap an LBC with mid range tissues, i used 183 damage enhanced power cells and still had to put 9 points into damage before it capped.

final stats on Ole Sparky:

2.43 spd.
348-887 damage
147 elemental
27.50 wound
base 314 damage.

i wish it took scopes, i still got some +60 scopes.

The LBC and PFT are weapons for two entierly different styles of play. For some (like me) the PFT is practicaly worthless (I only use it when I need to hit a single target since I don't have a proton rifle) while the LBC is a godsend. PUPs, 100% AoE when it works, 40m range (extendable with the range arms), high elemental. Just by alternating ranged and placed shot you can lay out some serious damage with it-signifigantly more then the PFT with both AoEs working.

Can't say how accurate that is...

But, the thing I like with the weapon loots that have the sac modifier on em, you then can get your power handelers capped to -16 SAC rather than -8 SAC, if you have power cells that are -8 (if -7, i think then -15...maybe -16, haven't tried it yet). That might be able to save you from using an advanced weapon stock or you can get a much better advanced stock that is less SAC, but a hell lot less speed.

If I didn't use advanced stocks to SAC cap my HW's, I would definately save an exp point or two when im crafting the actual weapon...but then the SAC would be 123! You could walk away with a very good LBC thats excellent in damage, speed, as well as SAC...and once the AoE works again? Heh you shall be god

hmm i made a flamer with 155 tissues, and one with 185 PC's.

before experimentation there was an exactly 30 point damage difference in favor of the pc's.

yeah, speed slice IS still good, i too have the +25 speed AA, and the extra speed from a speed slice is till very useful.

Commando's are far from speed capped even with +50 in attachments (+25 heavy, +25 general).

you cant damage slice, so i'd go Critical then.