But when the Starburst and Coneburst blows up, the beams look like that of the Scattergun. I thought they were supposed to be energy projectiles. At any rate, I could see how in a Wing Commander type battle, if you have these two fronts coming at each other pretty fast, I would think either Burst weapon would be good for causing some confusion and weakening enemy shields right before coming into range with your guns.
I remember with the Morning Star how it had that nuke missile thing on it. I really don't remember much about it, but how you were supposed to fire it and then Maniac would detonate it. It seemed like each time I tried that I never destroyed any fighters with it. But the light it made was so intense and everywhere that I thought a weapon like that used for the first time would cause a lot of confusion, allowing the side that fired the weapon to really go in guns blazing and have the upper hand.