I Agree, I’m stomping with plasma.
i could be wrong but i dont see either happening , they may at some point change the animation to one better reflecting whats happening but that constant delay will stay, they are both balance choices i think, they are why when you do pull the trigger it is as glorious as it is 
How about mowing grass with recon lasgun ? If you aim at heads it puts any flamer to shame. With 90 clip and fast reload, with +20% damage on range and crits when aiming down sight.
It struggles with carapace armoured enemies, but thats where power sword comes or axe comes in.
Plasma should only do splash when it stops, so if you hit a bulwark, crusher, monstrosity, wall too thick, floor, it goes boom based on the charge level, other than that it might could use a slight aoe at less damage around the shot as it pens, but I feel like it does alright. Almost needs a damage boost to the standard shot, but I feel like it’s not super bad per se
I’v better tested the plasma rifle, and, beend LUCKY able to craft a good 1, my conclusion is it’s really really powerfull but dont expect to have a versatil gameplay VS hords AND elits. No. You are the support elite exterminator and it does a BIIIIG difference in t4/5 games.
But you also need a good team and power sword to control hords
Maybe, they could tweak the overheat but the rest is OK.
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From i have seen it works exactly like peril. If you shoot at 100% you go boom. As long as you are using at <=99% you are safe. Venting it however will hurt you. The splash damage, the penetration and accuracy of this weapon is godtier however.
It is THE abomination killer weapon.
I think it’s meant for aiming downsights… or maybe it is a bug?
Plasma needs a buff
right now i would choose a Lasgun to deal with elites/special than plasma.
The first 20% of the heat dissipates quickly if you don’t fire and you can vent heat without taking damage so long as you don’t vent over 35%. Any HP lost venting heat at higher levels isn’t enough to matter, and can be completely mitigated while standing near a deployed medipack.
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One of the worst weapons in the game… I have literally 2 golden from emperor rewards & some that i bought [with good stats to maybe use if they change them later for better]… like 80% heat resist & 80% dmg & cant one shoot mutant ? the stupid charging for left click lets you miss more than right click… = doing no dmg & wasting heat meter…
that’s what we get for putting bad people for incorrect work at dev part.
Perks also are like crap for 0,6, sec or 1,7 sec ? lasting yeah … crap upon crap…
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Mutants are resistant to a lot of weapons, but some to excel at quickly taking them down. Plasma isn’t one of them.
Ehh dont tell me what I know…
The thing that I wanted to point is that it so useless weapon that sometimes you cant even kill scab with single shoot not to mention elites & it is low dmg for monsters & it neads monster dmg increase on voley fire to be at least decent for ogyns… for monsters it’s still cheap dmg even on charging…
whats the point of this weapon is only to fill the iconic place & not be used at all because it’s so much worser that it should be…
Really a ton of weapons are like pls scrap me for money only… not to mentin perks if the perks like added dmg to some enemy types is OK… then the perks on them are made by some stupid jerk that probably never had fun playing anything… or just dont understand what the point is.
Not to mention getting 3 tic[best perk type] is as now imposible thro upgrade station or the shop… only the emperor drops or Melks requisition ones have 3x /// on those… & to 14 we cant do almost anything with those weapons… btw. the whole 70 weapon thing is bulshit on bulshit from the start. Aslo the attachments or alike.
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Didn’t want anyone who didn’t know any better to be mislead about the games mechanics.
Like I said in another post it need a rework.
Without writing it anew and regarding the quote, I think it needs to one-shot normal elites/ special and a charged shot Reapers and the like.
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So I need a medipack if I want to use it for prolonged times or like any other weapon?
This is no stab at you, just pointing out that it needs a rework. Bolter and Flamer do everting better, while Bolter being not even the special of the Sharpshooter.
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Makes me want to use it.
Slabs plasma gun. “This bad boy is not super bad per se.”
Not meant as in insult, just thinking it needs an rework. I think the weapon is great itself, but if there is a Bolter or/and Flamer it is just ridiculous to use it and better to stick to melee (as Sharpshooter!).
Even with no Bolter or such… problematic.
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Interesting, mine does 17% per shot and sometimes I need 4 for a Mauler (on diff 3).
(Crusher is just not worth it, so I let this slip and use melee)
Problem is that Bolter is just superior in every way - but I like my special weapon.
Still, even if there are so good ones out there, even a bad bolter is better. I still favour a rework of the Plasma Gun (or at least huge buff).
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I main mostly Sharp & ogryn at this point & had really good rolls on different weapons :
plasma
Headhunter
those weapons nead buff’s…
like headhunter is easy just make their shoots do a lot more dmg like 300 with it’s ammo cap its not that much compared to lasgun that already have this much dmg… or it’s never gonna be worth taking it over lasgun for sniping… not to mention lasgun have optics^^
plasma?? dunno it’s created wrong from the start… just remove it that we will never see this trash in shop or just do it from the start again. This is like hagbane in V2 on paper very good but when you use it it’s ohhhh this thing sucks & the poison dont stack… just like bleed dmg now on some enemy types… 4 dmg per tic ? xD The same goes here you shoot & nead to reload & you feel like you done nothing & also you must find safe place to reload 
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btw. they’re not resistant[they dont have any armor on them & that’s the only thing for now in game except the boss shield that gives dmg reductions from some types of dmg] they got huge hp bar & are immune to most stager mechanics.
Vent heat damage isn’t a new concept in the Tide games. It’s also negligible damage even without a medipack.