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Multilaser is Heavy 3, Strength 6, Ap 0, D 1, and costs 10 points.

It is only equipped on vehicles like the Chimera and the Sentinel, and is considered largely substandard. Those vehicles have low BS, so if they're being used for heavy weapons they generally aren't moving, at which point the Lascannon or Autocannon are clearly superior to the Multilaser.

I propose removing its heavy attribute. This would give it a use for mobile vehicles, which it already appears to be intended for as its the standard weapon on the Sentinel. I don't think any point change would be necessary.

edit. I meant remove heavy 3, and just make it shoot 3 times, but now I realize that there aren't any mulit-shot weapons that aren't heavy. Perhaps making it assault 3 would be sensible however. At least for something like the sentinel.

Remove Heavy and make it...?

Assault? Which would vastly increase the mobility?
Rapid Fire? Which would vastly increase the fire power?

Perhaps Heavy 2D3 might make multilasers a bit more attractive.

How about removing the -1 penalty for shooting, when the vehicle only moved half its movement characteristic ?

p5freak wrote:
How about removing the -1 penalty for shooting, when the vehicle only moved half its movement characteristic ?

This would benefit all weapons, and when compared to other weapons like the lascannon, the multilaser still falls flat. It needs something that makes it stand out to my mind.

What about just making it rapid fire 2? Essentially a much stronger storm bolter.

Rapid fire 2 works for me. In fact, since it no longer has any AP, only does 1 damage and wounds most targets on at best a 3+, could we even bump it up to rapid fire 3?

Assault 4. The Multilaser is intended to be a suppressive weapon that, while lacking in penetration and hitting power, can lay down a barrage of shots in quick succession.

Bear with me: what about making it Pistol 3? Having the ability to use the multi-laser in close-combat would be nice.

On a side note, personally, I think the multi-laser is fine as-is, it just needs to be 5 points or so.