I liked Fallout 3's pacing better where energy weapons were medium to high tier and you wouldn't even get a laser pistol until a few hours in.
That's fair, and I was happy with that.
I just didn't like how you seemed to have very little choice in the beginning of NV. You were either using the Varmint rifle given to you, probably a 9mm too, and then you may have gotten the 9/10mm SMG (can't recall which), or a shotgun from a powder ganger.
And then pretty much from Goodsprings to at least Novac, if not New Vegas, you were only going to ecounter people using the same weapons/ammo.
Like, you don't even fight any robots in what seems like the whole south of the map.
I think one mod i'd love for the game right off the bat would be a different effect for incineration by energy weapons. Like instead of ash it leaves behind a skeleton instead.
I really really want this.
I liked the fact that energy weapons had that chance of incinerating enemies, but it also got boring eventually, because each incineration is identical.
Whereas with ballistic attacks, you're either going to take a limb off, or blow up the body with bloody mess. Some eyeball might shoot past your screen, or another enemy get slapped by his friends torso. You can have a laugh.
I like that simpleton sort of entertainment, I won't lie.