Don't know if this has been asked or discussed . Aren't most arrays setup as phaser strips(on Federation Ships) ? I know it would be more difficult to make the animation work . Pretty sure there would be vector and texturing issues . But it would look awesome . Definitely not a priority . Just something from my wish list ....
I agree with that sentiment. It would look more like the phaser FX from the various series and movies and the issues you mentioned probably are what is holding that up from becoming reality, but would still look oh so cool nonetheless.
On the original Enterprise and the Enterprise A, phasers fired from fixed points on the hull. Those fixed points varied occasionally during the run of the original series, but they were still fixed points.
Next Generation and the Enterprise D was where we first saw the arcing strips along the saucer that the phasers fire from.
So somewhere between the Constitution and Galaxy classes, the change occured.
I haven't watched enough of DS9 to speak for the Defiant.
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Next Generation and the Enterprise D was where we first saw the arcing strips along the saucer that the phasers fire from.
So somewhere between the Constitution and Galaxy classes, the change occured.
I haven't watched enough of DS9 to speak for the Defiant.
The Defiant has cannons, not beams.
At least, that's how my mind remembers it!