So, who is using energy weapons?

[player1]

I'm looking into possible reasons to use energy weapons, but I can't seem to find any.

If I need high armor piercing attack, I would use sniper.

And if in close range, it seems that burst of bullets is still superior to 2 laser or 1 plasma attack.

What am I missing?

[Toast]

I think this is in the wrong subforum, but to answer your question, me. The electro-pistol does damage that 1. hits multiple clustered targets, making it almost like a mini-grenade you can fire twice a turn, and 2. can stun. It can also reach sky-high crit multipliers with appropriate mods and Practical Physicist; I think mine is doing 255% crit bonus damage right now or something silly. Combine with Aimed Shot, and watch 3-4 enemies drop in one turn. Few enemies resist electric damage, and it works especially great on bots and jerks in metal armor.

I have not found as much use for laser/plasma pistols in comparison.

[player1]

Yes, I just realized that I posted this to wrong forum.

Can mods please move this to general subforum?