I would reïnstate the variable settings for the Lasgun en drop the Triplex Pattern. It would make the Lasgun useful at later levels.

I'm fine with the triplex.

The thing is, the chaos renegade militias' lasgun has it. But yeah, we need it.

The Triplex is redundant as it is canonically sound that lasguns have variable settings that use more or less power (without affecting reliability I believe) depending on the intensity setting.

I know that this is mentioned repeatedly in at least the Gaunt's Ghosts novels. It may also feature in the Imperial Guard Codex.

In that case, I guess it isn't needed, yeah.

I third this notion.

The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifiting Primer says so as well, so it must be true!

We need multiple settings for all basic las-weapon; if it's in the Guardsmen's Bible, it has to be true.

Both the IIUP and the MM make mention of the variable power settings of lasguns. However, the Triplex is also a canonical pattern of lasgun mentioned… somewhere that I cannot recall just now. Still, I like the variable setting introduced in Black Crusade .

I tend to dislike lasweapons lacking penetration as well; even just a 1 to burn through the light primitive armors would be nice. Alas, sticking to the RAW for the meanwhile to see where other trouble spots might be.

-=Brother Praetus=-

The Triplex pattern lasgun first appeared in inquisitor - where it had variable power settings and the Mars and Necromunda patterns pointedly didn't.

I don't mind overcharge being something unusual.

Yes, people who play the minis game make fun of the IG standard issue flashlight but having no pen on this thing is just stupid. An opponent could literally wear thick cardboard and be protected from lasgun shots. Multiple settings should be added as they are canonical and not having them really just sucks. Drop the triplex and make baseline lasrifles in line with what you've printed elsewhere.

Magnus Grendel said:

The thing is, in the fluff, it's not only usual, it's pretty much universal. The variation comes from the maximal range and the standard operational power (like the Lucius pattern the Kriegers use, or, in reverse, the Accatran ones used by the Elysians).

I totally agree about variable settings being a good idea, but one point:

From my understanding, BL books are *not* considered official canon, only things GW directly produces are canon. So in theory, as much as I love things like Gaunt's Ghosts, they can't be used as justification for things in FFG books, since they have to rely on official GW product descriptions and not BL descriptions.

Actually everything is canon unless specifically stated not to be canon (like Ian Watson's ancient Inquisitor books).

BYE

Actually, according to a GW statement, not even their codex "canon" is to be considered canon. They maintain the right to rewrite the official version of history as they see fit.

I would drop triplex and bullpup for lasgun with variable settings.

I agree with the Triplex with the fact that it is rendered useless by multiple settings, although it could be kept as a single shot only but higher base damage variant (like a medium point between "standard' lasguns and hellguns, but still keeping the variable setting for all lasguns), making it similar to the Lucius pattern in the fluff.

As for the bullpup variant, it fills a certain slot, however narrow it may be, between the standard lasgun and the lascarbine. However, it could fo with further differentiation, because as it is, it's mostly inferior to either the lasgun or the lascarbine exexpt in it's narrow optimal range.