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Plasma Blaster
Anarch Cassius:
Right. Okay that actually sounds like very useful advice.
I remember a Sheevar turning the corner and being two away and blasting himself and one of my soldiers to bits. I figured it was part of their tactics, so I suppose this change benefits Phalanx overall.
ShipIt:
From my experience I have to agree with OP here. The burst-mode using 16 TUs barely scratches an armoured Taman when you stand next to him, while the Plasma Rifle uses 12 TUs for a 3-round and pushes him out of his shoes immediately. Not to speak - even the Assault Rifle performs better.
Triaxx2:
Agreed. I picked them up, thinking they were Heavy. Once I realized how useless they were at that, I dropped them for Plasma Rifles. Better mobility, better damage, and if I turn a corner into something I have the guaranteed kill of 8 shot full-auto mode.
H-Hour:
--- Quote from: ShipIt on November 14, 2012, 06:38:26 am ---From my experience I have to agree with OP here. The burst-mode using 16 TUs barely scratches an armoured Taman when you stand next to him, while the Plasma Rifle uses 12 TUs for a 3-round and pushes him out of his shoes immediately. Not to speak - even the Assault Rifle performs better.
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If you're standing next to him use the BALL MODE (10 TUs)! This is not meant to compare to an assault weapon. It's a powerful one-shot weapon for close engagements. The other firemodes are fall-backs, something you should only use in desperate situations where you'll trade overwhelming firepower for a lucky weak hit or two at greater distance.
I can see now that when I bumped the alien-armour-vs-plasma I made the snap/burst firemodes of the blaster nearly irrelevant. I'll bump their damage a little. But the Blaster will never be as good in snap/burst modes as the Rifle because it wasn't designed for that.
Telok:
That ball mode is not to be laughed at. I've had a habit of using civilians as soft cover on some occasions. Recently a Shevarr(sp?) dropped a plasma ball onto that "cover" and the splash did ~85 damage and four wound icons to a soldier.
Oddly in 2.4 once the aliens start carrying plasma rifles and blasters they stop carrying the plasma pistols. I think, I haven't noticed any being auto-sold like the blasters are.
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