Plasma beam has a scope, charge shot sets fires that do actual damage
Scope is an ok idea, but once you zoom in, we'd have to create a faux HUD on the scope itself, or make a weird-looking custom one.
Er, thats not hard.

The Plasma Pistol reticle needs to go, the R aiming reticle from Prime would be better
I agree, but it sorta gets in the way, we chose a minimalistic reticle for the mod, so there wasn't a huge scope the size of 4 people's heads in the middle of your HUD.
:lack of effort:
make a new reticle dammit, also not hard.
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