I've triedd to use PBEs twiced (a Mamba and a Chimera) and I can't really see the advantage over AHEPTs.
According to the Laser Stats in Rogueys site:
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Laser | Shield Damage | Energy per second | Shield Damage per second | Refire Rate
AHEPT | 1,995 | 40 | 9,410 | 283 r/m
APBE | 567 | 6 | 12,100 | 1277 r/m
The AHEPT should spend 188 energy per second ((283/60) * 40) to produce 9,409.75 shield damage per second
The APBE should spend 128 energy per second ((1277/60) * 6) to produce 12,067.65 shield damage per second
The thing is, whenever I've tried the APBE it takes a long time to bring down the shields of my enemy and it eats away my energy.
With the AHEPT the shields go down a lot faster and use less energy.
So, is there some way to effectively use the PBE which I'm not seeing?
TIA