Talk:Heavy Laser Cannon/@comment-178.39.151.60-20151003140643/@comment-25999489-20151003175245

You have a 1/8 chance, per die, of rolling a crit with a target lock. It's possible to do, but it's not a consistent thing. HLCs are difficult to get consistent crits with. One of the easiest is with Mercenary Copilot. There are other options, but they require luck, whereas mercenary copilot you can deliberately set up (and it plays well off of denying the extra evade die for firing at range 3) and can be used effectively with proper forethought. The downsides are obvious, but Merc Copilot isn't a big points investment, and it boosts what is already the ideal range to fire a HLC from.

Target lock is good, but I would never rely on it for crits.