History of Trace Rifle

Overview

Trace Rifles are a weapon type that fires a concentrated energy beam. Banshee-44: "The trick with Traces is keepin' your laser on the target. Longer you keep it there, the more damage you do." They deal increasingly more damage the longer they are held on target. They are battery-powered with fast fire (every listed Trace Rifle fires at 1000 rounds per minute) and minimal spread, trading low impact for sustained mid-range damage. Exotic and Legendary Trace Rifles mostly deal Energy damage, with some dealing Kinetic.