Per the description at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVoZ-1le8s0 the weapon is pretty weak. It has to be to compensate for not needing to aim it at all, but it seems like even then it's not worth it. It's pretty iconic though. I'd like to see it in more games.
That's referring to the same "toothpaste laser", yes. The discussion never arrived at a satisfactory algorithm -- I tend to agree with the gist of the incremental "steering" ideas, though.
