The best DPS, gun-disarming and limb-crippling capability come from a player character using a fully upgraded plasma flamer pistol with a maxed out Gunslinger perk, as the perk will increase the range of the flame as well as retain its fully automatic firing mode. Unfortunately, the plasma bolts (despite being faster than in previous renditions) still have a noticeable lag time, potentially limiting the utility of plasma sniper rifles at distant moving targets unless V.A.T.S.
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It is a good weapon for facing high tier enemies, with its best burst damage output coming from a fully upgraded plasma rifle in a non-automatic format and proper investment in the Rifleman perk can feature monstrously high damage outputs (inflicting more than 100 damage in both ballistic and energy damage) with the only non-explosive weaponry capable of reliably exceeding it in damage output being the Gauss rifle. Plasma guns are a versatile urban warfare weapon that can be used as a pistol, sniper rifle, semi-auto rifle, assault rifle, shotgun or even a 'plasma flamethrower.' It is usually encountered later in the game and found on technologically advanced opponents, although at even higher levels it can be found on raiders and legendary enemies.Ĭompared to the previous iterations, Fallout 4's plasma projectiles travel much faster and cause both ballistic damage and energy damage as opposed to only energy damage. Prior to the nuclear Armageddon, REPCONN Aerospace (as a subsidiary of RobCo Industries) would successfully develop an improvement from their spaceflight research, with significantly advanced factions tinkering with the design post Armageddon. This however was not the end of the design nor manufacture of this weapon platform. This design was produced and fielded in number prior to the Great War of October 23, 2077. This plasma rifle is a lightweight urban warfare weapon created as part of a desire to replace the aging Winchester P94 "Plasma Caster" design. An additional model known as the Gatling plasma, made in a similar fashion to the Gatling laser, would also come into use. Initially, the weapon was a bulky, industrial plasma caster, manufactured by Winchester Arms while it performed admirably, it was expensive and required specialized training to use. In extreme cases, the plasma can cause spontaneous dissolution of the target, including separation of soft tissues from hard ones or wholesale molecular destabilization that turns the target into a viscous green fluid. The primary damage mechanism of plasma rifles is thermal transfer, causing serious burns to soft targets and melting hard ones. However, the plasma bolt chamber can be hotwired in order to accelerate the bolt formation process, effectively turbocharging the rifle. The bolts form into toroids in the plasma chamber, which are then sent down a superconducting barrel. Plasma rifles or plasma casters are high tech weapons firing superheated bolts of plasma, powered by either microfusion cells, heavy energy cells, plasma cartridges, or plasma cores which find numerous applications in military and industrial fields. To change it, please edit the transcluded page. This section is transcluded from Plasma rifle.