So what does a Holorifle fire anyway?

[Felspawn]

i honestly dont like it, oh sure its powerful no doubt about that but to me it feels like something that belongs in that new Tron movie, not out in the Mojave. agree disagree?

 

[Yamu]

As far as I understand it, a holorifle's projectile is a bolt very similar in composition to the Sierra Madre holograms-- essentially, it's a "solid" photon blast, which explains why the shots behave more like plasma bolts than laser beams.

I still don't know how I feel about its propriety within the Fallout setting, but I think any OMGTEHLOOTZ hokiness is at least slightly mitigated by the fact that it's one-of-a-kind junktech, cobbled together by a lone mad genius in his travels and based on extremely rare old-world knowhow that he had quested far and wide to obtain. Also, your player character had to go through hell for the right to tote it around the Mohave. Looking at it in those terms, I tend to think it sort of fits, and I can almost even envision its inclusion in FO1 or 2.

 

[Mr Krepe]

It's my favourite energy weapon in the game (when fully modded), but yeah sometimes I question it's place in a Fallout setting, although Yamu's explanation justifies it for me.

 

[Felspawn]

agree Yamu did a good job there. makes it a little easier to swallow

 

[Sorgrim]

Yamu pretty muched summed up my opinion of it in a nutshell. It's unique enough to not bother me too much in the Fallout setting.

 

[Four Suited Jack]

Of course it does not feel like it belongs in the Mojave, it was based off of tech Elijah obtained from Big MT.