Plasma weapons uses?

VelZplay

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Hello there!

I started in a station which offered me laser guns, which was awesome, and with the pistol i could do the kill after the shield was off. At some station of a random mission i found they were selling PLASMA guns and i got mega excited, the models looked astonishing and "woa" its plasma! On the battlefield they do... Nothing, absurd to nothing shield damage, and absurd to nothing damage when shields are off ¿Is there a use for this guns I'm not realizing? ¿Am I doing something wrong?
 

FightingFirst

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I started off with the plasma rifle but quickly gave up on it and run with the solid ammunition one now. Not looked back since. The plasma pistol and shotgun and way better though. Personally I think the plasma rifle needs a tweak
 

Flippimonkey

Flippimonkey
I'm not too sure. The revolver variant makes sense, but the plasma "sniper rifle" should have been a carbine. Sniper rifle should have been a rail gun or mass driver with no pistol or smg variant. IDK, switching weapons for damage type to counter shields or armor feels forced. FDev did it just to do it. Forced gameplay gimmick to just clutter on-foot combat.
 

Han Zulu

Han Zulu
VelZplay said:
Hello there!

I started in a station which offered me laser guns, which was awesome, and with the pistol i could do the kill after the shield was off. At some station of a random mission i found they were selling PLASMA guns and i got mega excited, the models looked astonishing and "woa" its plasma! On the battlefield they do... Nothing, absurd to nothing shield damage, and absurd to nothing damage when shields are off ¿Is there a use for this guns I'm not realizing? ¿Am I doing something wrong?
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The Executioner is pretty powerful, it'll take out a whole shield on some grunts. But not great aim unless you scope.
 

CMDR The Riz

CMDR The Riz
The Oppressor plasma rifle isn't that great at G1. A G2 version is good enough for low CZ enemies, but I wouldn't rely on it due to its low projectile velocities. Best thing to do is grab an Extended Range mod for it to correct this and upgrade it to G5. It's growing on me and I love the 50 round magazine that seemingly lasts forever, though I still liken it to a Nerf Ball Blaster.

The Executioner is my current go-to in mid-range engagements. I have a G3 un-Engineered one and am starting to reliably hit targets at longer ranges (~100m and above - assuming the targets stand still, which they really like to do, along with running straight at me).

The Tormentor has a decent damage output, but a rather off-putting fire rate. I was expecting something along the line of Destiny 2's 120 RPM High-Impact hand cannon archetype, but the Tormentor's rate of fire is lower than that. Probably somewhere around 70 RPM.

Haven't used the shotgun yet, as I just use the Executioner as a shotgun if anyone gets close or switch to the Tormentor / Oppressor.
 

TANDKO

TANDKO
Plasma sniper rifle is a two shot kill. Shotgun can be one but the range is point blank. Pistol is also something like 3-4 shots to kill.
 

Ydiss

Ydiss
CMDR The Riz said:
The Oppressor plasma rifle isn't that great at G1. A G2 version is good enough for low CZ enemies, but I wouldn't rely on it due to its low projectile velocities. Best thing to do is grab an Extended Range mod for it to correct this and upgrade it to G5. It's growing on me and I love the 50 round magazine that seemingly lasts forever, though I still liken it to a Nerf Ball Blaster.

The Executioner is my current go-to in mid-range engagements. I have a G3 un-Engineered one and am starting to reliably hit targets at longer ranges (~100m and above - assuming the targets stand still, which they really like to do, along with running straight at me).

The Tormentor has a decent damage output, but a rather off-putting fire rate. I was expecting something along the line of Destiny 2's 120 RPM High-Impact hand cannon archetype, but the Tormentor's rate of fire is lower than that. Probably somewhere around 70 RPM.

Haven't used the shotgun yet, as I just use the Executioner as a shotgun if anyone gets close or switch to the Tormentor / Oppressor.
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Executioner is my favourite weapon by a country mile.
 

devilronin

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CMDR The Riz said:
The Oppressor plasma rifle isn't that great at G1. A G2 version is good enough for low CZ enemies, but I wouldn't rely on it due to its low projectile velocities. Best thing to do is grab an Extended Range mod for it to correct this and upgrade it to G5.
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extended range increases velocity?!?!?!!?!?!?!?! gimme gimme gimme
TANDKO said:
Plasma sniper rifle is a two shot kill. Shotgun can be one but the range is point blank. Pistol is also something like 3-4 shots to kill.
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g3 torm(pistol) may or may not change to a 2 shot in low cz, though likely 4 is required to make it the god gun. havent been able to find a g2 even, and im in the perma no disembark shuttle at a settlement(ground city) in high g, likely wont find one til they fix the edh spawn in orbit error or enable an unstuck/force respawn at own ship feature
 
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