A boost to base damage for vanilla laser weapons. The weapons affected are:
- Standard laser guns
- Institute lasers
- Laser musket
- Gatling laser
I noticed that the base damage for laser weapons is generally lower than most ballistic weapons (such as the combat rifle) that become commonly available at about the same time in game play. This means that Brotherhood of Steel soldiers who use laser weapons are often outgunned by raiders that are often armed with combat rifles once the player reaches about level 30 or so. Also, the Institute should be able to produce a superior weapon. They have the finest scientists working in the most advanced laboratory conditions to create these weapons. Finally, the laser musket needed a boost to offset the extremely slow fire rate. and the Gatling laser should be a weapon that strikes terror into anyone targeted by one.
The standard laser now is about equal to a combat rifle for base damage. The Institute laser is somewhat more powerful than the standard laser. A two crank laser musket now does about the same base damage as firing both barrels of a double barreled shotgun does. The base damage of the Gatling laser now makes it worthwhile to carry a weapon that heavy.
This mod adjusts the base damage of weapons in the game, so it may or may not conflict with other mods that affect the same weapons.
