So, I restarted to play a bit again the game to get in the mood before OWB comes out and decided to pick another energy weapon instead of the Holorifle since I was tired of the unbreakability glitch.
So I 've been carrying a bunch of energy weapons with me and tested them against some ennemies (super mutants, deathclaws and, omg, is that a Legion hitsquad?) in very hard and with max charge cells, and I couldn't believe how my fully modded laser rifle was as good as the Tri-Beam or Multiplas. Granted, it takes a little longer to kill ennemies, but the counterparts I've found was that it didn't consume 3 ammo per shot and that the weapon condition is way better (125hp against the mere 50hp of the tri beam and multiplas).

This time Obsidian did good with the patch, now EW users can afford a good weapon that deals good damage, has a good crit chance, can snipe with it and uses only 1 ammo per shot. There's only one little complain I have about it and it's that it's a pain sometimes to find a certain mod, even when you checked all the vendors available.

Now, if only Obsidian could fix/tune the Meldwon perk so it couldn't hurt you companions/allies and Bethesda could work of removing those ashes/goo piles like any dead corpse does, I would be in heaven.

I find it way better than all those 2 even the aer-14 unique laser rifle svcks compared to laser rifle fully modded I dont really like the laser rifle scope I think it zooms in far enough without scope

Personally, I love the modded LaRi. Never had a problem with it even pre-patch though, so I don't notice the difference as drastically as you guys do. :sadvaultboy:

Beam splitter works now

Yeah , and give the recharger pistol another try , if you haven't already .

If there are any crazy energy perks in OWB, Energy weapons will actually be overpowered.

I haven't actually tried modding my laser rifle yet since the patch.

But post patch I find the un-modded laser rifle to be awesome. Its my go-to energy weapon and I haven't found need for anything else yet.

I love my modded laser rifle. I cant use plasma to save me. I have to lead the enemy and think ahead. But guns are a great alternative XD

I've been using the Recharger Pistol lately, and it's been quite...good. I've been 1 shotting Fiends across large distances. Thank you Sneak Attack Criticals!(Yes, my sneak is barely 20, but still!)

I like it though Im not fod of the scope especailly when I get access to the Guass Rifle but the Laser isn very well rounded as the scope can turn it into a sniper the beam splitter turns it shotgun like and the other mod whatever its called is a striaght upgrade. I do miss the durability of the fallout 3 laser rifle as in fo3 it could last all day

I good sir believe lore correct would be a better term