>>>       Did you find the Gauss rifle?
>> Yeah. "Nomad, take the Gauss rifle" was my first clue.
>>
>> As far as I can tell, it's like a shotgun, but less damaging.
> 
>     Huh? That rifle will take out a Scout alien with 2-3 shots, a shotty 
> will never do that. Hit an NK with a Gauss and he should fly back a few 
> hundred yards.

It's interesting. Everybody I've spoken to seems to think all the 
weapons are really powerful, and the game is easy, and you can just 
storm through it. I'm seriously starting to wonder if I'm playing the 
same game here... :-P

There doesn't seem to be a *huge* difference in power between the Gauss 
and the shotgun, so maybe it's psychological. When you fire the shotgun, 
it makes a nice bang and fires a visible projectile. The Gauss just 
shimmers a bit. Maybe that makes it seem less powerful? Certainly both 
guns require an absurd number of shots to take anything down.

(Obviously I tried to avoid using either of them except where necessary. 
In other words, when I've run out of ammo for everything else. Which was 
mainly during the final battle on the aircraft carrier...)

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