Laser Rifle

The Laser Rifle is one of the tier 2 handheld weapons in the game and can only be obtained by crafting; its ammo is the LR Charge. Though it out-ranges the Sniper Rifle, the Laser Rifle fires a fairly slow-moving projectile, making it challenging to hit faraway moving targets.

As it has a scope and does more damage than the Projectile Pistol (Tier 2), the Laser Rifle is a viable replacement for the Projectile Pistol (Tier 2). Note that although crafting LR Charges requires Promethium Ore, Silicon Ore, and Cobalt Ore instead of Magnesium Ore, fewer total resources are consumed per unit ammo produced; this combined with the higher damage of the Laser Rifle means that the Laser Rifle does substantially more damage for the same amount of ore. The one downside is that Pistol Round ammo is frequently dropped by Drones and found in Alien Containers, while LR Charges are not.

History
Pre-Alpha 1.0.0 : Introduced