Shotgun Laser Musket or no?

[rbindy]

I'm deciding to use the Laser Musket and I already have it to Six-Crank, the damage is phenomenal and it can one shot most things on Very Hard, I just want to know one thing. Should I make it a shotgun or keep it as a single laser?

[Fighting-Priest]

keep it as single shot since the damage is spread out with a shotgun.

[ARmodder]

Single laser, definately.

[IronSquid501]

I'm also considering getting a scattered Laser Musket, as a supplement to my current Instigating Laser Musket. What Legendary effects do you guys think would be best for that kind of weapon?

[Hobo Misanthropus]

Wounding Laser Musket if you can find one.

Instigating, Mighty and Freezing are also extremely good options.

[JC D]

Crippling (Edit: Kneecapper) is fun too - each projectile has a 20% chance to cripple either leg. So a solid hit practically ensures an immobilized enemy. This works with any shotgun-type weapon, and is also good with automatics.

[DouglasGrave]

Originally posted by Hobo Misanthropus:

Wounding Laser Musket if you can find one.

Instigating, Mighty and Freezing are also extremely good options.

Instigating would be the one I'd most want on a laser musket, since it works best with heavy individual shots.

Mighty is okay, but kind of generic, while freezing and wounding both do their best with a weapon that makes a lot of hits, rather than than one that delivers a single big hit.

Originally posted by Lumpytusk:

Crippling is fun too - each projectile has a 20% chance to cripple either leg. So a solid hit practically ensures an immobilized enemy. This works with any shotgun-type weapon, and is also good with automatics.

Kneecapper is the one you mean there. Crippling heavily boosts limb damage in general, but doesn't have a chance to auto-cripple.

I agree that kneecapper is great with automatics, though I haven't seen as much effect from it on multi-hit weapons recently, despite seeing this in the past (maybe they changed it at some point, or some multi-hit effects don't deliver it properly).