Thanks for your response! I tested again in Firefox, but on windows. Are you sure it doesn't just take a while? It takes about 5 seconds for enemies to die on my end. It works for me. We shall try to find out more.
You mean 5 seconds of uninterrupted beaming? I just shot them with the beam for one or two seconds and then kept walking. The spiders seemed unaffected, and I tried beaming them again, but they didn't die. I didn't try shooting the beam at them continuously.