Light Laser
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| Cost | Metal: | 1500 |
| Crystal: | 500 | |
| Deuterium: | 0 | |
| Performance | Structural Integrity: | 2000 |
| Shield Power: | 25 | |
| Weapon Power: | 100 | |
| Rapid Fire
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| Destroyer: | 10 | |
| Death Star: | 200 | |
| Bomber: | 20 | |
| Prerequisites | Energy Technology level 1 Shipyard level 2 Laser Technology level 3 | |
This is the second Defensive Structure that most players can build. It's used as fodder at all stages of the game, much like the Rocket Launcher, but is better in several ways. All the ships with rapid fire against the Light Laser are relatively slow. Light Lasers also have a higher weapon power than Rocket Launchers. Although the weapon power is only 25% higher, fodder is built in much larger numbers than anything else, and the difference quickly becomes rather significant.
In the early- to mid-game, light lasers will serve you well as fodder. 100 Light Lasers are sufficient to repel 20 Cruisers, while 100 Rockets will be demolished by 20 Cruisers.
The two downsides of the Light Laser are that it costs crystal in addition to metal, while Rocket Launchers cost only metal (if you go by a 1:2:3 ratio, the Light Laser is 25% more expensive, bringing it to the same cost-per-power ratio as the Rocket Launcher), and it is weak to Destroyers, while the Heavy Laser and Ion Cannon are not.
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To keep pace with the ever increasing speed of development in terms of spacecraft technology, scientists had to come up with a new kind of defence system able to deal with stronger and better equipped ships and fleets.
Soon, the small laser unit was born, which was able to fire a highly concentrated laser beam upon the target and generated much higher damage than the impact of ballistic missiles. On the other side, the cannons shielding has been improved to deal with the higher firepower of modern ships. Because a low price of the unit was an essential design goal, the base structure has not been improved compared to the missile launcher.
Because the light laser offers most bang for the buck, it is the best known defence system as it is used by small, emerging empires and large multi-galactic empires equally.
| Defenses in OGame | comparison table + info |
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Rocket Launcher | Light Laser | Heavy Laser | Ion Cannon | Gauss Cannon | Plasma Turret | Small Shield Dome | Large Shield Dome |
