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[Kerrus]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm rather annoyed that my large lasers aren't red and my small lasers aren't blue. I mean, the blue large lasers *do* look nice, but whenever a blue beam hits me I'm always like "Oh, it's just a small laser, that's no-" and then my arm explodes or something because it's really a large laser.

[Viper69]

It will take you about as long as it took me to read your thread to get used to colors.

[Alois Hammer]

Kerrus, on 30 October 2012 - 07:00 AM, said:

Maybe it's just me,

Yep. It is. After a Gauss Rifle tags you a couple of times, you won't worry about the pretty laser colors any more.

[Vertrucio]

Also, physics says that red is the least energetic color, and blue/white is one of the highest energetic.

[Volthorne]

Vertrucio, on 30 October 2012 - 07:30 AM, said:

Also, physics says that red is the least energetic color, and blue/white is one of the highest energetic.

QFT.

[Viper69]

Wave length is the words of the day.

[Sug]

Physics also says that we shouldn't be able to see the beams at all unless they're hitting particles in the air. So to really be accurate they should make all lasers invisible unless they go through smoke.

Also, how classic is classic? Weren't the MW2 beams blue:large, green:med, and red:small ?

[Viper69]

But but i want my hunchback to shoot green lasers out of its eyes and a big ppc out of its groin actuator.

[wildfyre010]

Sug, on 30 October 2012 - 08:34 AM, said:

Physics also says that we shouldn't be able to see the beams at all unless they're hitting particles in the air. So to really be accurate they should make all lasers invisible unless they go through smoke.

You need to go back and study physics some more. Air itself is composed of particles; it's not empty space. Many lasers are visible in normal air, including some that you can buy directly off the web.

All lasers are photons. For you to see the beam, a photon must bounce off -something- and make it to your eye. It is more common to see the beam if the air is saturated with a lot of extra particles, like dust or smoke, but not necessary.

[Felicitatem Parco]

wildfyre010, on 30 October 2012 - 11:18 AM, said:

You need to go back and study physics some more. Air itself is composed of particles; it's not empty space. Many lasers are visible in normal air, including some that you can buy directly off the web.

All lasers are photons. For you to see the beam, a photon must bounce off -something- and make it to your eye. It is more common to see the beam if the air is saturated with a lot of extra particles, like dust or smoke, but not necessary.

[Xandralkus]

Ever notice the crappy-looking view fog? With the view fog so thick, I am surprised that firing a Large Laser doesn't blind everyone within 500 meters from the laser bloom. The amount of energy required to burn through so much smoke and fog must be truly massive.

[gedraxx]

Sug, on 30 October 2012 - 08:34 AM, said:

Physics also says that we shouldn't be able to see the beams at all unless they're hitting particles in the air. So to really be accurate they should make all lasers invisible unless they go through smoke.

Also, how classic is classic? Weren't the MW2 beams blue:large, green:med, and red:small ?

I think MechWarrior 3 messed up the coloring after MW2. I like 'em the way they are now.

[Solis Obscuri]

Viper69, on 30 October 2012 - 09:46 AM, said:

groin actuator

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