Newcomer / Intro Ground Combat: Am I missing a mechanic I'm supposed to be using?

[Para Handy]

No, only your basic Flight suit has one weapon. The three remaining suits (that I know of) allow you to carry both primary weapon and a side arm.
But if you for some reason despise switching weapons, you can always use plasma guns. They are good against both shields and armour.

They meant that only the fighty-suit can have two primary weapons as well as the secondary side-arm.

 

[DanielKT]

No, only your basic Flight suit has one weapon. The three remaining suits (that I know of) allow you to carry both primary weapon and a side arm.
But if you for some reason despise switching weapons, you can always use plasma guns. They are good against both shields and armour.

I actually tried the plasma guns first. The shot is so slow that it's basiclly throwing fresbies at the targets. If it's not point blank range it won't hit since they change directions too frequently. The plasma shotgun has potential though. The fact that the marksmen rifle is a plasma weapon is extremely frustrating. Also, the triangle sight the plasma weapons have is weird. What's wrong with using the same dot as the other two weapon types?