This may seem to be a category "dumb question" but I'd really like to know the answer in advance.

The L.A.E.R.'s acronym (laser assisted electrical rifle) may be an indication that it's some sort of laser rifle.

But then again it could be some sort of pulse rifle, since robots abound in the DLC.

I get what you mean, will it be affected by things like Laser Commander and such? Well given that the regular Pulse Gun is technically counted as a 'laser' weapon then I guess we can assume the same of it's rifle counterpart.

Here's a picture for anyone not aware of it's appearance, an official one was released:

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:L.A.E.R._940x1466.jpeg

I am pretty sure i saw the L.A.E.R Rifle in the Trailer, and it seemed to be a rifled pulse gun, looked like the pulse gun we have now, but longer like a rifle.

The was the picture looks is part Pulse gun, part Laser Rifle.

which ammo? mfc, sec,ep?

MFC most likely. You can see where it's loaded.

ahh thanx's i missed that

My guess is that since it is Laser-ASSISTED, and the chambers adjacent to the barrel are glowing green, its pretty fair to assume that its plasma based and therefore not affected by Laser Commander.

Maybe it's a special energy weapon that fires bolts of electricity. It's laser assisted for aim. Kind of like the Spartan Laser in Halo, except it fires electric blasts. :3

May God smite you for mentioning such an atrocity in this holy realm. :flamethrower: :unsure2:

Im kidding, but a Spartan Laser type weapon would be so OP, I can just see it now, me lining up a triple with Deathclaws and killing them all in one shot.

Laser Assisted Electrical Rifle...It's an interesting name to be sure.

Laser Assisted: Does that just mean it has a targeting laser? I'm having difficulty seeing how lasers can assist anything except by pointing in a perfectly straight line. It can also burn stuff, I know, but that's less assisting and more hogging all the credit. There's enough emphasis on the phrase to make me think there's more to it though. Could be that it just makes a nice acronym. :shrug:

Electrical Rifle: Sounds like a long range taser. The only way I know to affect electricity without anything physically there, by that I mean lightning rods, condutors, etc, is with magnetic fields. So if the gun shoots lightning, would it use a system similar to the plasma weapons? I also, going by the name, do not believe it to be a pulse weapon. Pulse weapons use electromagnetic radiation to disable electronics, not actual electricity. Shooting a robot with electricity probably wouldn't do much, as it would just travel along the outer shell and into the ground or perhaps into capacitors. Sentry bots and Mr. Gutsys were field equipment for the military, they would have have defenses against lightning stikes. If there were a breach in the outer shell, the electricity might be able to get at the circuitry inside and totally fry it.

Perhaps the lasers act like "guidewires" for the magnetic field making it more accurate at longer range than the plasma rifle? I do not know how, but it's something that occured to me just now. Need to look into lasers and magnetism. To Wikipedia! (We need a dramatic pointing smiley)

I don't know what it is but I want it. :cryvaultboy:. 3 more days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwjCTjdDyvw

You can see the LAER being used at 0:50-0:52
very short time but you can see the effects of its shot match that of the unique sonic emmiter

I'm hoping it can disorientate an enemy then. WANTTTTT D:

Isn't it cheating to have an acronym inside an acronym? So L.A.E.R. stands for Laser Assisted Electrical Rifle. But L.A.S.E.R. stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

Also, and this is a little off topic, but what are the odds of us getting a MASER is OWB?

It shoots Plaser

Its a Pulse Rifle

The pulse projectile, I bet.

Seeing as it looks like a Pulse Rifle, sounds like a Pulse Rifle, and discharges like a Pulse Rifle, I'd say it's safe to assume it fires out an electrical beam. Though I wouldn't be surprised if it was a combo of Laser and Pulse. A Pulaser Rifle. :blink:

I LOL'd, but I think I heard it helps disable force fields and such... or maybe that was another gun cant remember D:

That would be the Sonic Emitter Pistol.