Meltdown Perk: Good or Bad?

[{FU}TheForgeryTTV]

It's good for groups of enemies, but I found it mostly overkill on lone targets at close range in which I ended up killing myself if the explosion was too close.

Basically, I found it fairly useful for the Holorifle and Gauss gun at long ranges, but due to the perk, I no longer use energy weapons for close combat, thus I feel like it's a tradeoff.

[talgaby]

Only good if you never, ever, ever plan to fight within quest hubs or if you want to do a genocide run.

[rept]

Hilarious with a flamethrower.

[Brick]

Annoying as you get self damage all the time

[Doctor Progress]

I always either switch to a melee weapon or run away if an enemy’s closing in on me, and with that technique it is pretty handy.