Thermal Pistols vs Lasers and blob (I DED)

[MooCow12]

https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/ ... rmal.dm#L4

https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/76458


Timeline

Lasers were buffed -> blob players cry -> vektor buffs only laser armor in order to not hurt emitters or welders or other similar sources of burn damage (blob effectively takes half damage from lasers) -> blob players happy -> thermal pistols added -> they were apparently balanced to be competitive with lasers -> they only respect energy armor (which is hard to get compared to laser armor) and seem to very much out dps lasers vs blob when both are actively firing (not to mention they are much easier to reload than lasers?)

Shouldn't lasers be better in situations where they are allowed to be recharged while thermal pistols are consistent but not overwhelming dps?


When is one meant to be better than the other?