Is their a strategy behind having teams unload Lasher, Lancer, Flare Gun rounds?

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Recently, on Mattherson I noticed large outfits of Vane simply unloading tons of Lasher, Lancer, and Flare gun round in the direction of the enemy without hitting anything.

Honestly, I have begun to wonder if their is actually a reason behind doing it, other than for the sake of lols.

So does anyone know why people are lately grabbing tons of Lasher, Lancers, and Flare guns and firing them in the general direction of the enemy?


P.S. I know the flare gun in excess creates a lot of distraction and lag for ESF's but creating lag couldn't be the reason behind this tactic... could it? (I mean its like 1-5 fps drop from normal, but still)