Talk:Opticor/@comment-28915236-20160805031743/@comment-70.27.86.230-20161024133756

Depending on the wavelength of the light, it could punch through everything but thick terrain, OR it could be stopped by a piece of cardboard. Presumably it's the latter, so... It's an incredibly short burst of light, meaning there wouldn't be time for the beam to cut through a target (the matter wouldn't have time to disperse) and the amount of energy released in such a short period of time actually WOULD cause an explosion of sorts (kinda like a small scale version of the explosion from a nuke). The damage type would be more skewed towards heat and impact though.

Alternatively, it seems like if it weren't called the "OPTICor", it could be a railgun propelling hollow tungsten rounds with high pressure plasma inside. The projectile would cause puncture damage, and the plasma would cause heat and magnetic damage if the round impacted a solid enough surface to crack it open and release the plasma. The Cryotic required would be used to make superconducting magnets.

Either way, I feel like it should have some heat damage in its base damage types.