With an optimised one, it fires six times per turn, each dealing on average 52.5 damage. With even the most regular build, it will be able to deliver 3 shots per turn. In the original game, it's point by point the best weapon in the game, dealing obscene amount of plasma damage which pretty much nothing can shrug off.

The Turbo plasma rifle, to the point that it got nerfed in Fallout 2.

With a high Agility you can do 200+ damage per turn with no special preparation, which is enough to kill everything but a few bosses in one turn, or shred groups of super mutants. Combine this with perks that also reduce attack AP cost, and by the time you're around level ten, a turbo plasma rifle whose shots cost 2 AP, and super sledge attacks only for 1. The Fast Shot trait reduces the AP cost of all attacks by 1, but prevents the character from making aimed attacks.

Traits and perks that reduce the AP cost of attacks are unbalanced.

However in all games it's possible to shoot the merchant in the face and take all their items for free - sometimes without even being attacked by guards for doing so!

Later games fixed this by jacking up the merchants' selling prices so that even with a maxed Barter skill you still pay through the nose for items. Thus, with a bit of swapping back and forth you can take everything a person is willing to sell you for free.

Even with a pitiful Barter skill level, other people's goods will be worth substantially less than yours.

Since everyone except the casinos have limited resources, the whole wasteland economy is somewhat broken. All you need to do is to hold down the hotkey '1' in the dialogue at the table and wait until you're in the millions.

If your Gambling Skill is at 100% or higher, you almost can't lose at roulette if you keep placing low bets (about $2).

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