Strategy:Blaster

Blaster

0.9.9.7

No significant changes to the weapon itself.

The blaster is overall very similar to the pistol. It is slightly less accurate, but has a slightly faster fire time. It also has a plasma damage type, which can come in use against lost souls and revenants, who have bullet resistance, or against any monsters with heavy armour.

However, the main interesting thing about the gun is the fact that it acts as though it has had a superior Nano Pack slapped onto it. This means that it recharges, and in fact more quickly than an N-modded pistol, but it also means it cannot be reloaded normally. To make up for the inability to reload, it has a larger magazine than any pistol but the combat pistol.

The blaster, as the description implies, is very useful as a secondary weapon if you have Dualgunner. Its regeneration means that the trait does not cause you to use extra ammo, as it usually does, and its plasma damage type helps against those pesky lost souls. The high power weapon and storm bolt pistol assemblies are both quite useful on this weapon, since the fact that they empty the magazine faster matters less if it regenerates. Or you could just put some mod packs on it -- just remember that the energy pistol, speedloader pistol, and Nano pack have no affect on this weapon.

Even if you do not have Dualgunner, the blaster can be useful as a swap to take out high-armour enemies, or to destroy walls (note that it won't be able to without some SoG or SoB).