okay, yes i also use the minig laser very much, i only start a round if i have a minig laser in the first stage (ups).
i can see why you want us to use less of the laser, but if you get the laser early, you can get so much more benefits by buying expensive oxygen (if you are lucky in tanks) or repairs (which you usually have to buy in 5% steps, which is also very expensive) or guns. You can even mine o2. But I will try to play without the laser, even if I got the farthest by doing so (keep in mind, you have to level up anyway for better weapons and shields, so if you don't want to die, you'll definitely need some repairs).
a few pther thinks, that are not that important:
i dont now if it is intended, but you can go outside the range of the enemys fire and even see them (that makes it a bit easy, it could also be intended, because you need then way longer and that is not good for you o2)
i dont like the big spray of most of the fast weapons, it is so high you hit more with the sides (it switches in regular intervals? so the only thing you have to do is to adapt your shooting ) than when you point the cursor at the enemy.
if you fly thru the edges of the warp portal, you dont jump
Thanks for the update ^°^