I get what you mean, but I thought the previous dlc energy weapon, the Holorifle, had pretty much covereded the needs of an energy user: very high damage, low ammo consumption, able to snipe with it, a DOT doing 15 dmg over time... I do recon that the unbreakable glicht did also play a part for it, allowing you to use max charge ammo at free will.

Even if HH didn't bring a real enegy weapon for us, the energy users, we can expect to have a fairly good chance to get some really got weapons in Old World Blues.
But since we are talking about dlcs, I know loot is a very good incentive to get them ( I am that kind of buyer) but I didn't really cared for HH, to be honest, the loot was really secondary for me in this dlc, the region, on the other side, was great.

I don't understand this. Why would you want to paralyze them in the first place? Just kill them with the tri-laser to begin with. Besides for the lulz, why would you add an extra gun into the equation?

Are you using VATS to hit them with the Compliance Regulator and then manually using the tri-beam?

Have you not fought cazadores? Especially giant ones? Even with VATS, I can't damage the head fast enough to kill them before they're on me stinging. If I unload VATS into them with the Compliance Regulator, I'm pretty much guaranteed a crit, which stops them dead in their tracks.

No, I get it. I just don't like it. Those are singular encounters. The Compliance Regulator, for a typical user, is only useful in a handful of situations. Fine, take it to Deadwind Cavern, or Deathclaw Promontory. Would you use it for fighting at Nelson / Camp Forlorn hope? Would you use it in Vault 22, or in fiend territory? There are better weapons to use in every situation. By the time you get it, you're probably already past level 20. You probably already have a Gauss Rifle or a Holorifle. You probably also have a Multiplas or Tri-beam. A sneak attack critical from any of those weapons is going to kill whatever you have it aimed at. Lanius is one encounter. For BoS fights, there's already a niche energy weapon, the Pulse Gun. Robots and Paladins already have a foil, they don't need another one. The Compliance Regulator could've been a high-level laser pistol. It could have been the energy weapon equivalent to the Ranger Sequoia. It's a joke, and it's not very funny.

The Ranger Sequioa already has an energy weapon equivalent, Pew Pew. I don't think anybody's saying Compliance Regulator is the most useful weapon for every situation. Gatling lasers, laser RCWs, laser/plasma/gauss rifles, plasma pistols/defenders already have everything covered. Compliance Regulator is unique and has some very fun applications, the foremost being that it can allow accurate non-lethal takedowns for Energy Weapons characters.

Pew Pew is a two shot energy weapon. It's costs far exceed the Ranger Sequoia. One of my biggest beefs with the Compliance Regulator is that it doesn't just " allow accurate non-lethal takedowns for Energy Weapons characters", it allows it for any weapon user. There's nothing uniquely "energy weapon" about it. And, I don't think energy weapons have everything covered. We don't have a cowboy repeater class weapon, a brush gun equivalent, or a trail carbine to name a few. I'm not saying I want energy weapon versions, but energy weapons as a group has a lot of holes. Most of those holes could be filled with mods to current weapons.

However, it has a skill requirement of 0 and its stun power is not governed by energy weapons skill.

There's just no pleasing you laser-jockey brotherhood types, is there?

There's just no pleasing you laser-jockey brotherhood types, is there?

The weapons you mention are all two-handed rifles. What is it they do that the laser and plasma rifles do not?

Hey guys I was just playing around a little with the HH items and I struck upon a combination which makes Veronica the most devastating combat companion theoretically possible. Give her Salt-Upon-Wound's Helmet and the Compliance Regulator with max charge ammo, and do that little trick where you toggle between Melee and Ranged engagement until she's at 100% crit chance. Everything she shoots goes down for the count. Give her the Power Fist too and most fights end before they begin.

One of my biggest beefs with the Compliance Regulator is that it doesn't just " allow accurate non-lethal takedowns for Energy Weapons characters", it allows it for any weapon user.

The energy weapon rifles just aren't competitive. With mods, the Service Rifle beats Laser Rifle easily. The Plasma Rifle is supposed to compete with the Cowboy Repeater, but there's really no contest. Again, with mods and ammo types, the Cowboy Repeater will always beat the Plasma Rifle. If you take into account ammo costs, it's even worse. There's a gap in pistols as well. The Laser Pistol is only competitive with the 9mm Pistol. The .357 Magnum starts stronger, shared ammo with the Cowboy Repeater and is modable. The Plasma Pistol is somewhere between the .357 and the .44. But again, with no mods, higher ammo costs and no ammo sharing, it comes up short. There's also the inherent issue with having to move from laser to plasma weapons. Guns have several options for any given level range. Energy weapons don't have the choice.

Ed-E's upgraded weapon is the Alien Blaster.

And you can get it with wild Wasteland in FO:NV, and in Mothership Zeta in FO3.
Actually, you can get it without MSZ in FO3 by finding the crashed ship.

"I don't want cool energy weapons for the sake of cool energy weapons. I want cool energy weapons that only I get to use."

You're just being a jerk. I want energy weapons that give me justification for spending 100 points into the skill. Gun users have to spend skill points to use their weapons appropriately, as do melee, unarmed and explosives. They all work in unskilled hands, but not optimally. The Compliance Regulator requires no skill points, stats, or perks to work effectively. Asking for an energy weapon that requires a high amount of skill points in the energy weapon skill is neither selfish or out of the ordinary.

I don't think the DLC set among a lot of tribals in a national park is the place you should expect to find such weapons.