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The Laser rifle gets a damage boost and a scope and once you get laser commander the weapon is still good. Laser and Plasma pistols/rifles scale very poorly, and have very few upgrades that make the weapon worthwhile. The Multiplas when it crits outside of vats is hilariously OP, the ability to gib deathclaws is lolsy. But yes it's true other than heavy weapons the only energy weapons that are rifles that are worthwhile are the multiplas rifle and the tribeam laser.
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Most of the problem is merchant lists, you wont see plasma casters or tesla cannons until 21+ and even then it's all RNG and you have to wait in four day intervals hoping the vendor will spawn the wanted item.
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The way it's set up, you go from pistols, to rifles, to heavy weapons, so if you're a fan of either pistols or rifles, or if you have low STR, you're JWF at endgame. The other side of it is that there's a serious lack of variety for energy weapons compared to most other weapon choices. Kelly thomson Posts: 3380 Joined: Thu 12:18 pm Use the Plasma Caster or don't even bother, essentially. In short: Energy Weapons are too weak for the point in the game at which you gain access to them they are too ammo intensive (and their ammo is harder to get!) and they simply don't do enough damage. And don't even get me started on the Recharger weapons, there's a funny joke. Plasma Caster and Multiplas Rifle are the only really viable ones the Plasma Defender is ok too, but it eats ammo super fast. So, not only do they require more ammo, but it's harder to get that ammo. This issue is exacerbated by the fact that Energy Weapons ammo is perversely a) more expensive and B) harder to find than Guns ammo. 2 rounds per shot for the Plasma Rifle is an absolute joke. You get initial access to energy weapons at the same time you get access to the (far more powerful) better guns. Plasma Rifles and Laser Rifles are statted as low-level weapons, which would be fine if you could get them at a relatively early point in the game, but you don't. The vast majority of energy weapons are terrible, even on Normal.