Maxed out the plasma cutter, what should i prioritise next?

[ThatKieranGuy]

on a very casual first blast through, quick searches are all over the shop. Pulse rifle from what ive read...

[mk17]

Pulse Rifle next

[lieutenantkirtar]

Whatever you enjoy using. All the weapons are pretty good this time around.

[maloce]

Force Gun. Best crowd control there is. Plasma for ranged, force gun for close range.

They're great for killing those annoying enemies with tentacles on the wall. All small enemies will be destroyed, like those annoying little ones.

[kekplexis]

Pulse rifle is ♥♥♥♥ (alt fire is good tho even without the upgrades). Flamethrower is super useful.

[CrushingCerberus]

Line gun...

[tallgeese]

For a casual first playthrough, force gun after plasma cutter.

[Hogarth]

Whatever you feel like. Playing on hard, I max the damage on the plasma cutter followed by the pulse rifle, then split upgrades between the suit, flamethrower and contact beam.

I'd recommend having at least the force gun or flamethrower, as they both strip the flesh from enemies and kill the crawler and guardian enemies more efficiently than other weapons. That said, they work best as support weapons. Burning an enhanced necromorph before using the pulse rifle to take off its limbs allows me to kill it in about 10 rounds from each, typically using less than an ammo pickup.