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.