Weapons attachments vs plasma guns.

[Spicy pineapple]

Seeing as we have no options for plasma gun weapon attachments it made me think about using the laser weapons more. Both grenade attachments are very good, and the flamethrower does DoT if the enemy is hit.

I like the damage dealing attachments the most. But I do have one gripe with the plasma cluster gun and it's that the gun doesn't do a spread shot attack like it's name and desc implies. It's just one ball of plasma and it seems very weak compared to the plasma rifle. Is this how the plasma clustergun is supposed to function?

[HangarPilot]

I'm of the impression the Plasma Clustergun is basically a shotgun. Dealing some collateral damage but penalizing you in accuracy (+10% vs Plasma Rifle +20% or Laser Rifle +30%). Additionally, you can add a Scope to the Laser Rifle for +30% more accuracy!

Not really a fan of the Plasma Clustergun (or Shotgun for that matter).

As for the Plasma Rifle ... I've never been much of a fan of that either. I've questioned their worth before since the DPS is only "slightly" higher than the Laser Rifle (37 vs 35.7) ... but some people swear by them. The fans seem to think the Plasma does better at "one-shotting" enemies. Maybe so. But for me, it seems more often than not multiple crew fire on the same target anyway. In this situation, the Plasma's cooldown of an additional 1/3 second feel like forever. I prefer the faster rate of fire (and higher accuracy) of the Lasers.

I never felt Plasma was "worth it" and ... as you've pointed out ... the inability to use the new weapon attachments was the final nail in the coffin for me. My preferred lineup is a Laser Rifle + Scope with Incendiary Grenade Launchers carried along in case things get "spicy"!

I leave the scope attached until I really "need" the grenade launcher so as to not take penalty of -30% [for removing the scope] plus an additional -20% [for attaching the grenade launcher].

[Mr.Ficarazzi]

Plasma guns have a slightly better DPM than laser but you get them for the higher alpha: with a 40-60 they can easily make a boarding non-bot surrender in one shot or kill them in one salve from 2 crew members all along.
Cluster plasma is a wokny shotgun. I personally never use them because you risk harming your crew members as well (unless they got fixed in this release).
Laser is fine if you have low weapon skill crew members because you can mount scopes on them, otherwise you'd better end up with plasma altogether.
I'm not a fan of attachment. too situational and you often harm your crew as well if you mess with the lob, but if you enjoy them, they are a solid choice :D