What the heck? I had a character that was fairly dependent on RL-3 because of his low END but I deleted him because RL-3 kept dying. And he takes like a full minute just to turn at a charging enemy and fire with his slow rate of attack. I had Broken Steel installed too...
That's strange... In my game, he's so quick to fire that I have to hide him off screen when I want to steal, because he kills everyone if I get caught, and before I get a chance to run away...