Enhancement question

[Fossaman]

I've got a Dual turbolaser with a +Fast and a laser collimator installed. Are the enhancements cumulative? Only the +Fast show up on the screen.

[dvlenk6]

Yeah, I asked about this before. The +75% shows up in the ship configuration screen, and it is on the weapon. It (the +75%) just doesn't show up on the main screen.

[Fossaman]

It doesn't show up on the configuration screen, though...just a '+fast' label. Also, the collimator seems to be +100% in this version. Kinda nice, I suppose.

[Cardinal]

However, you can't seem to use a Weapon Enhancement ROM on a weapon that has been enhanced. You can't use a hexagen booster and the enhancement ROM on an Akan for example and benefit from both.

[dvlenk6]

@Cardinal
That's right, multiple enhancements don't work. You have to cancel a current enhancement to put another kind onto it. The laser collimator and cannon accelerator are devices though.

@Fossaman
Well, I haven't checked w/ the collimator and a laser; but I do know that the +75% for the cannon accelerator on a kinetic weapon shows up in parenthesis beside the damage.

[Fossaman]

Ah, thank you, dvlenk. It's there, all right.

Now, to take over the galaxy!

[Cardinal]

Can the laser collimator or cannon accelerator stack with damage enhancing bonuses, if so, how does it work?

If you used a 150% x-ray laser combined with a collimator, will you do 250% damage, 300% damage or some other figure entirely?

I used the x-ray laser (in this case, enhanced with the enhancement ROM and combined with the collimator) for the first time in my last game, fine mid-game weapon that complimented my omni-akan nicely, cooking any enemy slow enough to sit in front of my freighter.

[dvlenk6]

Can the laser collimator or cannon accelerator stack with damage enhancing bonuses, if so, how does it work?

Yes.
Each appropriate enhancer adds additional 10% damage bonus on top of the collimator/accelerator bonus.

[FAD]

Exactly. So what I normally do with the (Turbo)laser + collimator, is enhance the laser with +Fast...Makes it a nice early to mid-game weapon. I'll use a damaged weapon ROM to remove that +10% in order to use the +Fast if it can be found.

Do keep in mind, however, that the best benefits with collimators and laser enhance ROM's in combo are with Turbolasers and the killer X-Ray. While I'll use the collimator the first chance I get with a laser, I'll save any laser enhancements I find for bigger, better lasers.

[Dorne]

Speaking of +Fast, since it increases fire rate, does it also increase power consumption? I have an AK15 (better than heavy recoil) with +fast configuration at the moment.

[dvlenk6]

I can't provide statistics; but it seems to me that each time you fire takes some energy. So higher rate of fire means more enegry used; when you are actually firing the weapon. At least it seems that way to me.
If you aren't firing, there is no difference in the 'stand by' power consumption.