It seems to deter armour but it never seems to kill any for me. But there are stats showing that the Lancer is highly competitive compared to the other ESLs. I mean I hit consistently with it so I don't know what I should be doing with it.
Use it in groups, or wait til the enemy is smoking / flaming for a quick finish off. I generally only use it when the enemy is trying to retreat. It's also great for anti-air.
I would say, if the target is within relatively easy range for the Solar 1 then use that (or whatever dumb fire you have). If not use the Lancer. It hits like a flannel, but it hits like a flannel at enormous ranges. You will never have a massive kill score with it, but you can deter enemy armour and cause it to pull back with easy. In groups they are devastating. In TRID we do Lancer/Lasher squads, dropping on high points overlooking land battles and utter decimate enemy armour. Combined strikes from six or so will destroy Vanguards and Prowlers is seconds. A slightly cheaper tactic is to wait until you see highly damaged vehicles running for it. If you spam low power shots into it you will often kill it. It’s a very situational weapon. Definitely not a replacement for the S1 but rather something to bring out for long range fights and Lancer squads.
Lancer is fine even for solo play. My personal favorite use is trolling maxes spamming AV. Give em two fully charged lasers and wait for the hate tell. It scares air away too. After a charged shot or two, most aircraft barring galaxies run away but no launcher is decent against galaxies when your on your own. Its plenty strong against vehicles too and the best part is that you can laugh and giggle from a far off cliff while you eat away at an mbt but make sure to bring an engineer or really cert out munition belt
It really is the ultimate AV kill steal weapon, find a vehicle on fire and just spam at it uncharged.
I use it as anti-MAX weapons when solo, additionally to our Lancer Mountaneer squads. Also, been said, it can deter air. I have it always with me when i am as HA. The plus that you can also charge shot in cover and then go out and release it on target in known location.
Use it with advanced targeting at max range always charging it up to 3 charges unless they have a tiny sliver of health.
