Technician's Linked Laser Pointer Range
Does anybody know the range of the Technician's Linked Laser Pointer? I've recently noticed that it's not pulsing more distant enemies, even ones that are well within effective rifle range (albeit at ranges that some might consider very long).
(This is making me further reconsider the Spotter talent, which is already restricting my weapon choice more than I'd like.)
Maximum LLP Pulse Range is 50 m
After finding a quiet situation where it was easier to experiement at a particular range, I now believe that there's a hard limit of 50 m on the Linked Laser Pointer. Here's where I was trying it out:
https://i.imgur.com/4agQvKi.png
What you see at the right is a Sawed Off Shotgun with the range display from the Close & Personal talent. The figure on the right is 51 m away (as indicated by the C&P range meter on the weapon) and could not be pulsed with the LLP even with much trying. The figure on the left, which I confirmed with C&P to be 48 m away, was no problem to pulse. I tried this technique of measuring and attempting to pulse targets between 40 and 60 m over a dozen times, and the results were perfectly consistent in being able to pulse only under 50 m. (It sometimes took a few tries or spending longer on the target for targets closer than 50 m, but I almost invariably managed it within a few seconds.)
Note that the the 50 m limit is just for initiating the pulse; the target can walk beyond that range and still remain pulsed. (The pulse always wears off after about 30 s, though.)
I'm not sure what the deal is with it sometimes being difficult to pulse closer targets; it seems to be at least partially related to how much cover the target has.